{"id":58,"date":"2006-03-09T12:04:05","date_gmt":"2006-03-09T19:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=58"},"modified":"2020-12-29T21:49:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T04:49:42","slug":"iron-horse-the-1924","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"Iron Horse, The (1924)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I hear you&#8217;re hunting for a short cut through the hills.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Iron-Horse-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Iron-Horse-Poster-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Iron-Horse-Poster-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Iron-Horse-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Iron-Horse-Poster.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA man (James Gordon) dreams of building a transcontinental railroad across America, but is brutally murdered by the villainous Bauman (Fred Kohler). Gordon&#8217;s son (George O&#8217;Brien) carries out his late father&#8217;s wishes, while simultaneously trying to avenge his death. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres: <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>John Ford Films<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<li>Trains and Subways<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nPeary argues that while this &#8220;John Ford classic holds up better than James Cruze&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24004\"><em>The Covered Wagon<\/em><\/a>, the other major western epic of the silent era,&#8221; it &#8220;too seems very slow&#8230; and not particularly original.&#8221; He notes that it&#8217;s a &#8220;tribute to the visionaries who realized that such a crazy project&#8221; as building a transcontinental railroad &#8220;was essential to our country&#8217;s expansion west&#8221;, and that &#8220;like many future, better Ford westerns,&#8221; it&#8217;s about &#8220;the men who sacrificed their lives so those who followed in their paths could have an easier time.&#8221; Ultimately, the historical elements of this silent epic are far more compelling than its sappy central saga of romance and revenge. Indeed, the film&#8217;s greatest strength lies in its powerful imagery of laborers hard at work; shanty towns cropping up along the tracks; and the &#8220;final railroad spike [being] driven home.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A powerful reenactment of the building of America&#8217;s transcontinental railroad<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Iron-Horse-Train.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Iron-Horse-Train.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Iron-Horse-Train.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Iron-Horse-Train-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Iron-Horse-Train-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look for its historical relevance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0015016\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/491225\/the-iron-horse#articles-reviews?articleId=182465\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/silent-volume.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/iron-horse-1924.html\">Silent Volume Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I hear you&#8217;re hunting for a short cut through the hills.&#8221; Synopsis: A man (James Gordon) dreams of building a transcontinental railroad across America, but is brutally murdered by the villainous Bauman (Fred Kohler). Gordon&#8217;s son (George O&#8217;Brien) carries out his late father&#8217;s wishes, while simultaneously trying to avenge his death. Genres: Historical Drama John Ford Films Revenge Silent Films Trains and Subways Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary argues that while this &#8220;John Ford classic holds up better than James&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=58\"> 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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58","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=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60475,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions\/60475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}