TMI (Today’s Movie Info)
STAGECOACH (1939) directed by John Ford (his first with sound), is the movie that turned John Wayne into a star.
The film was nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture … winning for Best Supporting Actor (Thomas Mitchell) and Best Score
The box office success of Stagecoach is credited for pulling the western genre out of the B-movie rut and back into the mainstream
Orson Welles watched this film in private at least 40 times in preparation for filming Citizen Kane. He claimed the film taught him how to direct.
First movie made in Monument Valley (and one of seven Ford classics that he filmed in the area)
John Wayne eventually appeared in 24 John Ford movies (plus 3 TV episodes), and almost 250 movies in total. He won an Oscar for True Grit (1969). He died in 1979.
John Ford directed approximately 140 films, including documentaries and shorts. He won 6 Academy Awards and is often called “The Great American Director”. He died in 1973
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