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The Covered Wagon lobby poster. The Covered Wagon is a 1923 American silent epic 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.
Narrow covered wagon used by west-bound Canadian settlers c. 1885 Painting showing a wagon train of covered wagons. A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop, [1] or prairie schooner, [2] is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon used for passengers or freight hauling. It has a canvas, tarpaulin, or waterproof sheet which is stretched ...
The Conestoga wagon is a more robust variant of covered wagon – it has the general characteristics of being a wooden wagon with both hickory bows on top to hold up a waterproof canvas and wooden wheels. Covered wagons are generally pulled by draft horses and act as both a transport vehicle and mobile home. They were specialized vehicles for ...
The Covered Wagon, directed by James Cruze (1923, based on the novel The Covered Wagon) The Man Next Door, directed by Victor Schertzinger (1923, based on the novel The Man Next Door) The Way of a Man, directed by George B. Seitz (1924, serial, based on a story by Emerson Hough) North of 36, directed by Irvin Willat (1924, based on the novel ...
English: The Covered Wagon, a silent western by James Cruze, was the highest-grossing film of 1923. Français : La Caravane vers l'Ouest (1923), western américain muet réalisé par James Cruze . Ce fut le film le plus rentable de l'année 1923.
After leaving Thanhouser in 1916, he worked for several other companies as director and producer. He became a major director when his 1923 Paramount Pictures production The Covered Wagon became a smash success. This expensive Western was filmed under rugged outdoor conditions, lending Cruze's scenes a realism and stature not seen in routine ...
Children of the Covered Wagon, Young Mac of Fort Vancouver andPeggy and Paul and Laddy Mary Jane Carr (April 23, 1895 – January 4, 1988) [ 1 ] was an American author. Carr wrote her first poem at the age of eight.
Covered Wagon Musicians was a musical ensemble of active-duty military personnel stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base. [2] According to the band and Slow Death, United States Army and Air Force personnel assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division originally wrote the words to "Napalm Sticks to Kids" while stationed in South Vietnam.