{"product_id":"the-covered-wagon-silent-mod-dvd-movie","title":"The Covered Wagon (Silent) (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)","description":"Two great caravans of covered wagons filled with pioneers -- one led by young Will Bannion, the other by crusty old Jesse Wingate -- push off from Westport Landing (now Kansas City.) The year is 1848, and their destination is faraway Oregon. Wingate's young daughter Molly is fascinated by the dashing Bannion, infuriating Sam Woodhull, her brutish fiancee. Woodhull lies to Wingate and tells him that Banion was drummed out of the army for cattle rustling. Bannion and his wagons are then banished from the trail. It's at that moment that Wingate's caravan is attacked by Indians. Unless Molly can get a message to Bannion in time, the pioneers will never reach Oregon \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Covered Wagon\u003c\/i\u003e almost single-handedly kick-started the Western genre, surpassing the low-budget cowboy movies that had existed until that point. It cost $782,000 to produce (a massive amount of money at the time) and required a large cast and crew, all of whom filmed far away from civilization in Palm Springs, California (there was additional shooting in Nevada and Utah.) The cast of 3,000 included 1,000 Native Americans recruited from the Indian reservations Wyoming and New Mexico by Colonel Tim McCoy (later to be a Western movie star himself.) In addition, the covered wagons seen in the film are not recreations, but the actual ones used by real pioneers. Paramount paid the owners $2 a day for the use of these priceless family heirlooms. Director James Cruze cast his neighbor J. Warren Kerrigan in the leading role. Kerrigan had not worked steadily in years, after his status as a conscientious objector during World War I had led to a downturn in his popularity. Lois Wilson was cast as his leading lady after the role was turned down by Mary Miles Minter (this decision, as well as her role in the death of director William Desmond Taylor, led to the end of Minter's career.) Alan Hale Sr. would later have memorable parts in classics such as \u003ci\u003eIt Happened One Night\u003c\/i\u003e(1934), \u003ci\u003eStella Dallas\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), and \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e (1940). He also memorably played Little John to both Douglas Fairbanks' and Errol Flynn's archers in \u003ci\u003eRobin Hood\u003c\/i\u003e (1922) and \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Robin Hood\u003c\/i\u003e (1938).\u003ci\u003eThe Covered Wagon\u003c\/i\u003e eventually grossed $3.8 million at the box-office, making it the most popular film of 1923. It showed Hollywood that there was an audience for big-budget Westerns, and the next year John Ford would make his first major film, \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Horse\u003c\/i\u003e (1924).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"COLOR: #0000ff\"\u003eDVD Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Rated:  NR\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Runtime:  1 hours,  38 minutes\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Encoding: Region 1(US \u0026amp; Canada)\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Originally Released:  1\/1\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Label:  Alpha Video\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarring: J. William Kerrigan; Lois Wilson; Alan Hale; Ernest Torrence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM: blue 3px solid; BORDER-LEFT: blue 3px solid; WIDTH: 675px; HEIGHT:140px; BORDER-TOP: blue 3px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: blue 3px solid\"\u003eThis product is made-on-demand by the manufacturer using DVD-R recordable media. Almost all DVD players can play DVD-Rs (except for some older models made before 2000) - please consult your owner's manual for formats compatible with your player. These DVD-Rs may not play on all computers or DVD player\/recorders. To address this, the manufacturer recommends viewing this product on a DVD player that does not have recording capability. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53382549766444,"sku":"089218820396","price":18.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6327\/4284\/files\/The-Covered-Wagon-Silent-MOD-DVD-MOVIE.jpg?v=1782478775","url":"https:\/\/www.margaritasvideostore.com\/products\/the-covered-wagon-silent-mod-dvd-movie","provider":"Margarita's Video Store LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}