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Director:
James Cruze
Writers:
Emerson Hough (novel)
Jack Cunningham (adaptation)
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Release Date:
8 September 1924 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Romance | Western more
Tagline:
Indian Attacks, Prairie Fires, Fording of Swollen Streams, a Great Buffalo Hunt, Dramatic Situations Galore---All Go to Make Up "The Covered Wagon" more
Plot:
Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
A million dollar lawsuit. more (3 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
J. Warren Kerrigan ... Will Banion
Lois Wilson ... Molly Wingate
Alan Hale ... Sam Woodhull
Ernest Torrence ... William Jackson
Tully Marshall ... Jim Bridger
Ethel Wales ... Mrs. Wingate
Charles Ogle ... Jesse Wingate
Guy Oliver ... Kit Carson
Johnny Fox ... Jed Wingate
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Cruze ... Indian (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent | De Forest Phonofilm
Certification:
Portugal:17 (director's cut)
Filming Locations:
Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA more
Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
J. Warren Kerrigan had fallen out of favor with the industry by the time he was cast in this film. James Cruze, with who he had a long friendship and professional relationship, cast him more or less as a favor. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Movie Memories (1935) more

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10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
A million dollar lawsuit., 26 May 2003
Author: charlie_in_kc (charlie_in_kc@ yahoo.com) from Kansas City, Mo.

Good accuracy on most of the equipment and clothing. The leading characters' make-up was almost clown-like and over-acting was running rampant, but that was the norm of the time and cannot really be criticized. What cannot be excused is the pathetically weak and insipid story line.

Jim Bridger's only surviving child, Virginia K. Bridger Wachsman Hahn, reacted violently after viewing Tully Marshall's portrayal of her father in the then newly-released `The Covered Wagon' in 1923. She instituted a $1,000,000 libel action against the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, charging that they wrongfully depicted her father as a drunkard and a man of questionable morals, defaming his character and casting a stain upon her birth.

Judge Albert L. Reeves, of the federal court at Kansas City, sustained a demurrer filed by the defendants on the grounds no one could recover damages for defamation of the character of an ancestor, setting the precendent for Hollywood's dismal record of accuracy in its portrayal of historic personages.

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