{"id":24004,"date":"2012-02-15T11:20:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T18:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24004"},"modified":"2020-12-27T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T17:28:00","slug":"covered-wagon-the-1923","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24004","title":{"rendered":"Covered Wagon, The (1923)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Day after day, week after week of grinding toil to cover twelve pitiful miles a day.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Poster-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Poster-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Poster-128x89.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Poster.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 1848, two men (Charles Ogle and J. Warren Kerrigan) lead a pair of lengthy wagon trains towards Oregon while Ogle&#8217;s daughter (Lois Wilson) struggles between loyalty to her fiance (Alan Hale) and her growing interest in Kerrigan, whose checkered history causes her concern.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Hale Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Settlers<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nDirector James Cruze helmed this remarkably authentic recreation of the westward movement in American history, which distinguishes itself almost immediately as a film worthy of our attention. Within ten minutes of its narrative, we see a group of (real) Native Americans standing around a plow, followed by these intertitles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Pale-Face.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Pale-Face.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Pale-Face.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Pale-Face-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Pale-Face-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Pale-Face-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Intertitle2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Intertitle2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Intertitle2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Intertitle2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Intertitle2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Intertitle2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the remainder of the movie focuses exclusively on the travails of the White settlers: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-White-Settlers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-White-Settlers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-White-Settlers.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-White-Settlers-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-White-Settlers-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-White-Settlers-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>we can&#8217;t help feeling gratitude to Cruze (and screenwriter Jack Cunningham) for bothering to show the Indians&#8217; perspective on events as well. Meanwhile, several powerful scenes &#8212; most notably a lengthy depiction of wagon trains crossing a river &#8212; are simply astonishing in their level of realism; we feel we&#8217;re actually watching a documentary portrayal of this pivotal period in American history. (Interestingly, the dramatic buffalo hunt scene was, given the scarcity of herds, only partially &#8220;real&#8221;, with extensive use of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0013951\/trivia?tab=tr&#038;item=tr0717904\">small lead castings<\/a> &#8212; but you&#8217;d never know.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Buffalo2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Buffalo2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Buffalo2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Buffalo2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Buffalo2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The romantic storyline itself leaves much to be desired, and is best simply ignored. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> An interesting bit of trivia is that Dorothy Arzner appears to have edited this film. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A remarkably authentic recreation of the journey undertaken by westward-bound pioneers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Train.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Train.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Train.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Train-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Train-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Water.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Water.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Water.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Water-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Water-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Horses-Swimming.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Horses-Swimming.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Horses-Swimming.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Horses-Swimming-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Horses-Swimming-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A refreshing (albeit too short) glimpse of the Native American perspective on &#8220;westward expansion&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Indians.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Indians.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Indians.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Indians-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Covered-Wagon-Indians-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its historical relevance as the first &#8220;epic&#8221; western. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0013951\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imagesjournal.com\/issue10\/infocus\/coveredwagon.htm\">Images Journal Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Day after day, week after week of grinding toil to cover twelve pitiful miles a day.&#8221; Synopsis: In 1848, two men (Charles Ogle and J. Warren Kerrigan) lead a pair of lengthy wagon trains towards Oregon while Ogle&#8217;s daughter (Lois Wilson) struggles between loyalty to her fiance (Alan Hale) and her growing interest in Kerrigan, whose checkered history causes her concern. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alan Hale Films Love Triangle Settlers Silent Films Westerns Review: Director James Cruze helmed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24004\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24004"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59926,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24004\/revisions\/59926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}