{"id":39785,"date":"2017-12-18T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T21:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39785"},"modified":"2020-12-02T16:59:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T23:59:36","slug":"wells-fargo-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39785","title":{"rendered":"Wells Fargo (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;In the old days, we had one important rule: get there.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Poster-115x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Poster-115x300.jpg 115w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Poster-49x128.jpg 49w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Poster-394x1024.jpg 394w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Poster.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn ambitious messenger (Joel McCrea) for the Wells Fargo Company in pre-Civil War America helps shape the future of communication and banking across the states while maintaining a long-distance marriage with his southern wife (Frances Dee).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frances Dee Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Joel McCrea Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe primary goal of this episodic western is to showcase the impressive historical trajectory of transcontinental communication in 19th century United States: we&#8217;re shown the marvel of eating fresh oysters in New York (before salmonella sets in!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Oysters.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Oysters-1024x655.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"409\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Oysters-1024x655.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Oysters-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Oysters-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Oysters-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Oysters-1536x982.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Oysters-422x270.png 422w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Oysters.png 1591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;  the remarkable ability for Americans to send letters to their loved ones during the Gold Rush: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Letters.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Letters-1024x652.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Letters-1024x652.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Letters-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Letters-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Letters-768x489.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Letters-1536x978.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Letters-424x270.png 424w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Letters.png 1625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the challenges of transferring money during an era of continuous robberies and land battles across the nation. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Gold.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Gold-1024x639.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Gold-1024x639.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Gold-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Gold-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Gold-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Gold-1536x958.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Gold-433x270.png 433w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Gold.png 1649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the jam-packed storyline is hampered by far too many historic moments in one movie, as well as too much time spent on McCrea&#8217;s marital challenges. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Marital2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Marital2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1667\" height=\"1025\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Marital2.png 1667w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Marital2-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Marital2-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Marital2-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Marital2-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Marital2-1536x944.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Marital2-439x270.png 439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1667px) 100vw, 1667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This film will primarily be of interest to McCrea fans wanting to see him in his first film opposite Dee (his real-life spouse).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interesting historic footage of the dangerous, time-consuming work involved in helping Americans communicate<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Wagons.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Wagons-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Wagons-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Wagons-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Wagons-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Wagons-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Wagons-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Wagons-432x270.png 432w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Wells-Fargo-Wagons.png 1643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re a fan of this type of historical western. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029752\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1937\/12\/30\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-the-paramount-expresses-itself-with-wells.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/wells-fargo\/review\/122561\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/95306\/wells-fargo#articles-reviews?articleId=480897\">TCM Article<\/a><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In the old days, we had one important rule: get there.&#8221; Synopsis: An ambitious messenger (Joel McCrea) for the Wells Fargo Company in pre-Civil War America helps shape the future of communication and banking across the states while maintaining a long-distance marriage with his southern wife (Frances Dee). Genres: Frances Dee Films Historical Drama Joel McCrea Films Westerns Review: The primary goal of this episodic western is to showcase the impressive historical trajectory of transcontinental communication in 19th century United&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39785\"> 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-39785","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\/39785","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=39785"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56015,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39785\/revisions\/56015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}