The Covered Wagon
The Covered Wagon is a 1923 American silent Western film released by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Cruze based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Emerson Hough about a group of pioneers traveling through the old West from Kansas to Oregon. J. Warren Kerrigan starred as Will Banion and Lois Wilson as Molly Wingate. On their quest they experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and Indian attack.
Plot
The action is set in 1848. Two caravans of expatriates unite in Kansas and travel 2,000 miles west to start a new life in Oregon. The leader of the settlers is the elderly father and natural authority, Wingate. Scouts are the headstrong Sam Woodhull and the kind-hearted, talented Will Banion. Banion has a secret around a crime he is said to have committed in the army.
More details
| author | Jack Cunningham |
|---|---|
| director | James Cruze |
| editor | Dorothy Arzner |
| genre | adventure drama romance western |
| keywords | bad weather end expect golden state new life old friend power struggle wagon train |
| musicBy | Josiah Zuro |
| producer | Jesse L. Lasky |
| productionCompany | Famous Players–Lasky Corporation |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | California Utah |
| theme | epic silent |