Martin Scorsese once said about high contrast black and white that it "flattens the image" in a way that you are just focused on the information in the picture, like you said, the eye's not distracted by color. It's not always the case but when B&W is used well it can give a filmmaker real visual advantages to express or inspire certain emotions in the viewer. B&W is it's own unique art form.
The stunts of the Apache falling and going under the horses and stagecoach as well as Ringo jumping from horse to horse were performed by the legendary Yakima Canutt.
@@greenmonsterprod yes the stunt in raiders was performed by stuntman Terry Leonard , he is still in the business and was the stunt director on the recent 2023 western "The Outlaw Johnny Black" starring Michael Jai White..
He was such a fine Shakespearean actor. He was also seen in John Wayne's last film, "The Shootist", playing the part of the Undertaker. He Fathered several sons who made names for themselves as actors in Hollywood. The number of films he is in is very long.
@@feldweible Yes, but I'd say the other most famous role of his was of Reverend Casy in 1940's "The Grapes of Wrath" (B&W, directed by John Ford, and higtly recommended). And if Dawn wants to see a cool movie with all of Carradine's sons in it, she could watch another 1980 Western called "The Long Riders" where the Keaches, Carridines, Quaids and Guests all played the various brothers in the infamous James-Younger Gang out of Missouri. It has a great soundtrack by Ry Cooder to go with the fine film.
The Indian at the beginning was not Geronimo but rather an Indian from a rival tribe who brought the message of Geronimo's escape from the reservation to the soldiers. Geronimo was an Apache leader. Dallas was a prostitute. That is why she is kicked out of town at the beginning of the movie, along with Doc Boone, by a group of ladies who enforce public morality in the town. Hatfield, the gambler, puts the gun to Mrs. Mallory's head when they have run out of ammunition because he thinks they will be captured, and she will be raped. It was a common sentiment of that time that death was preferable to defilement of that kind. Hatfield is shot before he can kill Mrs. Mallory, which is good timing because at just that moment the U.S. Calvary rides in to save the day.
Torture, mutilation and death would often follow the Grapings unless you were in a certain age group that they thought could be easily enslaved by the tribe. Common fact but not one advertised in modern history books.
@@bluebird3281 They say this movie can't be made as is, because it portrays Indians as ruthless savages, and we can't have that in today's society. 🤣🤣🤣
And Hatfield didn't steal the silver cup, he was the son of the owner of Greenfield manor that would have fallen on hard times after the Civil War, so now he is a gambler in the west instead of a southern gentleman, and he doesn't want to admit it to a woman of his former class.
i think in the film dallas was a lady who's reputation was ruined by rumor of impropriety. she might've been falsely accused of prostitution, adutry, drinking or wearing her dresses to short. but it was the rumor that ruined her in the eyes of "pompous" townspeople. 1939 is considered the best year in american cinema. thomas mitchell, who played the drunk doctor, was in 2 other great films from that year; "gone with the wind" and frank capra's "mr. smith goes to washington" starring jimmy stewart. stewart also starred in a GREAT western comedy/drama in 1939 called "destry rides again." i'm sure you have your westerns already picked out but i hope you included "shane" (1953) and "destry rides again." "shane" is the epitome of american westerns. a classic!
Mr. Peacock was played by actor Thomas Donald Meek (1878 -1946), a Scottish American. He first performed publicly at the age of eight and on Broadway in 1903. Best known for the films You Can't Take It With You (1938) and Stagecoach. Meek was born in Glasgow. His family emigrated in the 1890's, first to Canada and then to the USA.
In 1939, the actor Thomas Mitchell, the drunk doctor was in the following: Stagecoach, Gone With The Wind, Mr Smith Goes To Washington, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame and Only Angels Have Wings. He won an Oscar for Stagecoach as best supporting actor
No, boiling water was a necessity as was tearing cloth into strips, as is mentioned in many old-time movies. The cloth strips were placed in the boiling water to make hot compresses, which were placed around the vaginal opening to make the skin more elastic and easier to pass the baby. It was not to get men out of the way. It was a common procedure when a woman had a baby.
Please, Dawn Marie! You will love the great Western Classic 'They Died With Their Boots On'. It stars Errol Flynn and Olivia DeHaviland. You have seen them in The 'Adventures of Robin Hood', and I remember you enjoyed that one. Errol Flynn and DeHaviland were the leading man and woman superstars of the 1930's. Olivia De Havalind died just recently at the age of 102. They co-starred in another western Civil war classic 'Sante Fe Trail'. You would thoroughly enjoy that black and white classic as well.
❤ Yakima Canutt was an acting stuntman in this movie. He was the Apache who jumped on the horse, attempting to stop the stage. This stunt inspired the Indiana Jones under truck stunt in RAIDERS. John Wayne was one of the first singing cowboys. Thankfully, they dubbed "singing Sandy's" voice. That lil feller you're looking for made more than 100 movies. I've seen probably 70 or more, but I can't place him in anything I know you've watched. That card playing dude made, John Carradine, made several hundred movies and TV shows. He also gave us several acting sons.i do not recommend BILLY THE KID VERSUS DRACULA unless you get chemically altered. There are Bunches of John Ford Monument Valley movies. I'm sure you'll see more. But you have already seen Doc and Marty and the Griswolds there. Thanks for watching
The actor who played the doctor played Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful LIfe. Andy Devine was also in this movie. He played the town marshal in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
3:17--Doc is Thomas Mitchell 4:31--John Carradine 6:51--Monument Valley 18:50--Yakima Canutt--stunt man en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakima_Canutt 22:00--Andy Devine
1:42 Look at all the cells of that battery for the telegraph-a whole shelfful! I wonder how many people making a movie nowadays would know to include a battery if they had a scene set in a telegraph-office.
I am interested to hear about this trilogy, please tell us more. My favorite cavalry movie is "The Horse Solders" (1959)... I recommend this movie for Dawn and everyone.
@@Monty_BeGoodToEachOther John Ford Directed them, they aren't a trilogy in the sense that they are connected. Just that they are about the cavalry in the west, Wayne plays a different character in every one albeit a cavalry officer. With Ford's usual stable of actors filling out different roles in different movies. I like them all very much and highly recommend them as well. Herny Fonda is in my favorite "Fort Apache".
A fun little western from 1970 that you might enjoy is "The Cheyenne Social Club". Jimmy Stuart plays a cowboy that inherits a brothel. Some guys have all the luck.
Andy Devine "Buck the stage driver" was a well known character actor and did the voice of "Friar Tuck" in Disney's animated Robin Hood. His characteristic voice is even copied by voice actors today. He also played the Marshal in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".
John Carradine was a great actor! (Mr Hatfield, the gambler). You should also check out a few of his horror films. He was the father of the late actor David Carradine. (David starred in the successful TV western series, "Kung Fu" in the 1970s. He's also known for his role in the move "Kill Bill"
I don't know if you'll ever react to Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles, and considered one of the greatest films ever made, but Orson Welles watched Stagecoach dozens of times before shooting Citizen Kane. Welles was asked who were the greatest directors and he answered -"John Ford, John Ford and John Ford". So you can imagine how influential Stagecoach is to the art of cinema.
Hello Dawn Marie, after realizing that I was passing by the Lordsburg of this movie. I have camped at the K.O.A. (Kampgrounds of America) at Lordsburg, New Mexico. It is a nice country town. I purchased an extralong pair jumper cables there. There is a nice restaurant that serves barbeque on Fridays. Also, near there, all in short walking distance is a nice Mom & Pop Mexican Food Restaurant. Very tasty. K.O.A. has miniature log cabins to rent. Now you know where to go should you ever take the stagecoach to Lordsburg.
One more fantastic John Ford masterpiece: "My Darling Clementine"! "Stagecoach" and "My Darling Clementine" are my all time fave John Ford westerns. If you don't watch it this week, definitely keep it on the list for a future one!
When you say "masterpiece" and "John Ford" in the same sentence you're opening a can of worms. Personally I'm torn between "The Searchers" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" but it's a hard call.
John Wayne was not just in this one, it was the first movie he was a star in. "Dallas" was a saloon girl, and as such a "woman of ill repute. They commonly were employed getting the clientele to buy drinks, dance with them and often to rent an upstairs bedroom for an hour. The "decent" people of the town would not have anything to do with them. You should also watch the 1947 Wayne movie, "The angel and the bad man". Glad you enjoy these. Good reaction.
His first main acting role was in The Big Trail, done in 1930. At that time, he was raw and unexperienced as an actor to have had a leading role (but if you watch the movie, you see flashes of what he became later on). The movie was not a success, so for the next 8-9 years he was in minor movie roles and seasoned his acting and persona in minor western serials. You see the Duke we are familiar with in this movie.
Believe it or not, in the early years the studios tried to make John Wayne a singing cowboy, because that type of thing was popular at the time. As you might imagine, the results were, er, not so good. This movie really defined John Wayne's character for the rest of his career.
In 1939, because of movie censorship, following the directions set down by Will Hays (of the notorious Hays Office) You couldn't actually say a woman was a prostitute, nor could you even say a woman was pregnant. Film makers had to resort to dropping clues to get the message across. There was a period of film making that was a little more open about certain subjects, from the silent era up to around 1935, that are now designated as "pre code".
Andy Devine was a regular feature in westerns, and was also popular on radio because of his wild voice. He made frequent appearances on the old Jack Benny radio show, where he would appear shouting "HOWDY, BUCK!" Buck being Jack Benny's pretend cowboy name. He performed the wishing well song from Snow White with Jack Benny's wife, Mary Livingstone, and sang so badly that she pushed him down the well and threw the bucket in after him. Donald Meek was one of those character actors who popped up in a lot of different types of movies, but I failed to cross-index any of his to your video list. He's been in some W.C. Fields comedies, like My Little Chickadee. Also popped up in other westerns, musicals, comedies, etc. He was just that perfect little nervous guy. I used to get him confused with John Fiedler, another little character actor. You saw him in 12 Angry Men. This is certainly the most ICONIC western movie ever. The truck chase in Raiders of the Lost Ark was certainly influenced by the Apache chase. The stunt where John Wayne's double leaps over the horses is legendary.
@@shotbytim9624 Close, Devine played Friar Tuck, who butted heads (stomachs) with the Sheriff. The Sheriff was Pat Buttram, who had been in a lot of lesser known westerns, and best known as Mr Haney in Green Acres (and one of Eddie Valiant's bullets in Roger Rabbit)
There was not a lot of room in those old stage coaches and people with exceptionally big butts were not allowed to ride. That's where we get the saying, "There's no west for the reary."
The "Hoop Lever Winchester carbine" is seen for the very first time on film in this movie. It was specially made for the film and it became ridiculously popular.
This was the first movie filmed at Monument Valley in southern Utah directed by John Ford. He filmed nearly a dozen movies in the same location. It was nicknamed 'John Ford Country'. The local Indians who own the land loved John Ford because he hired them for his movies and during one bad winter flew in supplies when the roads were blocked by snow. For younger viewers this location was used in the movie Forest Gump when Tom Hanks was running across country, and he finally turned around.
Stunt man Yakima Canut falling between the horses and under the stage coach, an epic stunt. A similar stunt was done in Raiders of the Lost Ark, under the moving truck. Clair Trevor (Dallas) see her in Key Largo 1948 with Humphrey Bogart Dallas is being snubbed because she is a prostitute, that's why she was 'run out of town'. Yes, the gambler was about to do a mercy killing of the woman. Agree so much with your 'dragging it out' point. The Indian at the start wasn't Geronimo.
Andy Devine voiced Friar Tuck in Disney’s Robin Hood (1973). Andy Devine also played Marshal Link Appleyard in ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ (1962) with John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart.
You may remember Andy Devine as the lawman in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." Basically, he was always getting free food at the restaurant, and not doing much else.
And Scarlett O'Hara's father in Gone With the Wind. His name is Thomas Mitchell. He along with Ward Bond was in just about every movie made from 1930 to 1960.
Western week is such a great idea. You know what else would be a great idea? Screwball Comedy Week! _It Happened One Night, 20th Century, My Man Godfrey, His Girl Friday,_ and _The Philadelphia Story._
@@rs-ye7kw While _Arsenic and Old Lace_ is an excellent adaptation of the play, it is not, strictly speaking, a screwball comedy. It should definitely be on one of Dawn's lists, just not for *Screwball Comedy Week.* There should definitely be a *Black Comedy Week:* Dawn's already watched _Dr. Strangelove_ and _Pulp Fiction,_ here are a few others: _Arsenic and Old Lace; The Trouble With Harry; Death at a Funeral_ (the UK version); _Fargo; The Guard; Being John Malkovich._
The Native American at the very beginning was a Comanche, not Geronimo, who was an Apache. He is the leader of the raid towards the end. Dallas was what was known in those days as a Harlot or Trollop or a Woman of the City, or a yes Prostitute. Dawn Marie, your instincts are very good for figuring out what is going to happen, a lot of common sense. A truly excellent reaction.
Dawn you gotta watch.... Red River (1948) The best John Wayne western. Voted many times in the top 10 best westerns of all-time. John plays a tough and kind ranch owner turned into a wild trail boss. It's about the first cattle drive up the Chisholm Trail with a 10,000 head of cattle ! One of my all-time favorite John Wayne movies🤠
It's a classic, and I'm sooo glad you watched the original Dawn ✌️🙂 It's simple Dawn you see Dallas comes from the other side of the tracks so like the drunk Doc. Boone they are both looked down on by the so called clean and proper people.
This is my 2nd favorite western The best is The Searchers, also with John Wayne. 2:15 Andy Devine was in Robin Hood (1973), also in It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) as well as A Star Is Born (1937) and a million others. 6:50 I drive by there every time I travel from Arizona to Colorado. That's on the Navajo Nation reservation and never ceases to draw my admiration. They look even better in color!
The stagecoach driver is Andy Devine, who plays Buck, Thomas Mitchell plays Doc Boone, John Carradine plays Hatfield, Donald Meek plays Peacock, Clair Trevor plays Dallas, Louise Platt plays Mrs. Lucy Mallory and Yakima Canutt plays the Cavalry Scout and an Indian attacking the stagecoach. Dallas was a prostitute being run out of town by the "Law & Order League".
Claire Trevor also featured in several classic film noirs, including Key Largo (1948), Murder, My Sweet (1944), Born to Kill (1947), and Raw Deal (1948). Her performance in Key Largo nearly outshines Bogart, Bacall, and Edward G. Robinson. She took home the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for it too.
"kidnap her..", that's an understated way of saying what would happen to her if captured.. The traditional advice in such situations is to "save the last one (bullet) for yourself" - it was considered preferable to shoot ones self rather than being tortured to death.
Those who don't know: "Old movies are so long and slow paced! Anyway, imma gonna go watch my 3 hour meandering superhero movie." Those in the know: "Ooh, got an hour and half before I got to go for the bus. Time to watch a 90 minute fast paced old timey that don't hang about and punches the 'The End' closing title button approximately 90 seconds after the final showdown."
I liked Donald Meek in the picture "The Whole Towns Talking" and he showed up in a lot of small character roles. Andy Devine did a lot of radio too because of his distinctive voice.
Again, I have to say I love watching these shows with you. You’re so much fun. I love your commentary. Love your accent love you. You’re just adorable as hell. Have a good one thanks again.
check out Tall in the Saddle 1944, it's my favorite John Wayne western and is one of his most underrated roles imo. Dawn would love the characters in it
Mr. Peacock, the whisky salesman, was played by Donald Meek (1878-1946), a Scottish-born (Glasgow) American actor. He did a ton of movies in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. I don't know if you have seen him in another film. It must be in one of the older ones.
Fun Fact: When John Wayne saw how Andy Devine was holding the reins of the stagecoach while driving it, because it didn’t look realistic. Wayne was then told that Andy actually was a stagecoach driver when they were still a thing.
If im not mistaken the stuntman for this movie was the greatest named stuntman called Yakama Canute. Also he was the only stuntman at least the only one right now to win an Honorary Oscar because he invented ninety percent of the stunts we all know like sliding under wagons and jumping on horses in Westerns.
What I like best about Stagecoach (1939), is Ringo Kidd was suppose to be a criminal on the run. Yet he was so innocent about Dallas. He never knew about her stained reputation. After all he saw and did, he was a complete ignorant about girls. He knew he liked them, and Dallas to him was the prettiest girl he ever saw. Ringo wanted her, so he worked quick to get her. In those days, I bet you had to. People came and went by train or coach. You met, made friends, fell in love. Then came the coach or train and took them away forever sometimes. So he got her by luck. By the way, they didn't get married first. They just went and lived together. 😂😂😂 Ringo's friends were cool with that when they sent them on their way. No one ever talks about that 1939 ending. The censors didn't even mind. That's how good of a movie it was. 1939, the Golden year of Hollywood. When Gone With The Wind swept the Oscars. The drunk Thomas Mitchell, won Best Supporting Actot for Stagecoach.
It wasn't just an early Wayne film, it was his first starring roll.The guy you called Andy was Andy devine, you also saw him in the man who shot liberty valance (cowardly sheriff)and the animated robin hood (friar tuck).He was in a lot of films.
One of my favorite John Wayne movies is Three Godfathers. It's about three bandits who came upon a woman with a baby in the midwest. She died. They decided to take the baby to the nearest town even though they would be arrested. I'm a subscriber. Thank you for your reactions.
The guy you’re asking about played Mr. Peacock, in Stagecoach, he is a character actor named Donald Meek, he is listed as playing in more than 90 movies & serials. He was born in Glasgow,Scotland in 1878, died in L.A.California in 1946 at age 68. He was a stage actor in Scotland before coming to the U.S. to act in movies.
Three westerns you should watch. 1. Last Train from Gun Hill - 1959 starring Kirk Douglas 2. Silver Lode - 1954 starring John Payne 3. ANY western starring Glenn Ford between 1941 and 1973.
The man at 24:19 is Donald Meek. I'm not aware of you watching any of his other films, however he also had a good performance in You Can't Take it With You, which also included James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Ann Miller, Edward Arnold and Lionel Barrymore.
Yes, Dallas was a " sex professional". A fallen woman. This movie was the first with the "hooker with a heart of gold". The gambler was going to kill her so she wouldn't be taken by the Apache. He was played by John Carradine. His 3 sons all became actors too. Don't know if you realized, but the stunt where the guy jumped onto the horses, then went under the wagon, was repeated in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I hope some time in this awesome week, we get to see Tombstone. Silverado would be nice. El Dorado is another John Wayne that would be great. Whatever we watch, Best Reaction Ever! On to the next one!!
"Stagecoach" was John Wayne's second big break. The first at the age of 23 was "The Big Trail" from 1930, filmed on location in five states, unheard of in that day, and released in a few different formats including wide screen and extended director's cut. Unfortunately with the financial depression then the theaters were not equipped to make full use of the film and Wayne did not get the proper recognition for his work and subsequently languished in the 1930s in low budget westerns, especially serials such as "The Three Mesquiteers" until "Stagecoach" then there was no looking back.
Very wise guesses. I believe since this was not long after Silent Films they hadn't quite got the hang of conveying things to the viewers! Also the reason for some of the strange posing. Great Job Lady Marie!! 🕊️☮️
Those "hello cactus," are called saguaros. Pronounced sa- woro They used to only be found in Arizona and northern Mexico. There used to be a handful of western movie studios. One of the most famous was called Old Tucson. I hear from a friend they're reopening Old Tucson and will start filming there again.
1939 is considered the best year in american cinema. thomas mitchell, who played the drunk doctor, was in 2 other great films from that year; "gone with the wind" and frank capra's "mr. smith goes to washington" starring jimmy stewart. stewart also starred in a GREAT western comedy/drama in 1939 called "destry rides again." i'm sure you have your westerns already picked out but i hope you included "shane" (1953) and "destry rides again." "shane" is the epitome of american westerns. a classic! thanks for the video.
Part of the amazing landscape was Monument Valley in Arizona - the same location you've already seen in "Back To The Future III". As a "saloon girl", Dallas automatically has a dubious reputation and assumed to be of low character, so the more self righteous members of society get to treat her like dirt.
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Martin Scorsese once said about high contrast black and white that it "flattens the image" in a way that you are just focused on the information in the picture, like you said, the eye's not distracted by color. It's not always the case but when B&W is used well it can give a filmmaker real visual advantages to express or inspire certain emotions in the viewer. B&W is it's own unique art form.
"That's a new born. Where did they get a new born?" I've heard they had some of those back in 1939.
My guess is Walmart
but in Monument Valley?
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I think she meant it was surprising to actually see a new born and not one a little older.
Really good editing of a real newborn in Los Angeles into this film.
The stunts of the Apache falling and going under the horses and stagecoach as well as Ringo jumping from horse to horse were performed by the legendary Yakima Canutt.
Yeah, that’s him standing and talking at 1:32 He was in several old B-Westerns with the Duke.
Legendary stuntman. Many Westerns copied that amazing horse jumping trick, but he was the first...and best.
he was also involved in the chariot race scene in Ben Hur.
This stunt inspired the scene in "Raiders" when Indy slides under the truck, then climbs back on.
@@greenmonsterprod yes the stunt in raiders was performed by stuntman Terry Leonard , he is still in the business and was the stunt director on the recent 2023 western "The Outlaw Johnny Black" starring Michael Jai White..
2:24 Part of the fun of watching old movies is knowing a character actor. The gent lurking in the back is John Carradine.
He was such a fine Shakespearean actor. He was also seen in John Wayne's last film, "The Shootist", playing the part of the Undertaker. He Fathered several sons who made names for themselves as actors in Hollywood. The number of films he is in is very long.
@@feldweible Yes, but I'd say the other most famous role of his was of Reverend Casy in 1940's "The Grapes of Wrath" (B&W, directed by John Ford, and higtly recommended). And if Dawn wants to see a cool movie with all of Carradine's sons in it, she could watch another 1980 Western called "The Long Riders" where the Keaches, Carridines, Quaids and Guests all played the various brothers in the infamous James-Younger Gang out of Missouri. It has a great soundtrack by Ry Cooder to go with the fine film.
@@feldweible Carradine was also in John Wayne's last film, "The Shootist" in 1976.
The Indian at the beginning was not Geronimo but rather an Indian from a rival tribe who brought the message of Geronimo's escape from the reservation to the soldiers. Geronimo was an Apache leader. Dallas was a prostitute. That is why she is kicked out of town at the beginning of the movie, along with Doc Boone, by a group of ladies who enforce public morality in the town. Hatfield, the gambler, puts the gun to Mrs. Mallory's head when they have run out of ammunition because he thinks they will be captured, and she will be raped. It was a common sentiment of that time that death was preferable to defilement of that kind. Hatfield is shot before he can kill Mrs. Mallory, which is good timing because at just that moment the U.S. Calvary rides in to save the day.
Torture, mutilation and death would often follow the Grapings unless you were in a certain age group that they thought could be easily enslaved by the tribe. Common fact but not one advertised in modern history books.
@@bluebird3281 They say this movie can't be made as is, because it portrays Indians as ruthless savages, and we can't have that in today's society. 🤣🤣🤣
And Hatfield didn't steal the silver cup, he was the son of the owner of Greenfield manor that would have fallen on hard times after the Civil War, so now he is a gambler in the west instead of a southern gentleman, and he doesn't want to admit it to a woman of his former class.
i think in the film dallas was a lady who's reputation was ruined by rumor of impropriety. she might've been falsely accused of prostitution, adutry, drinking or wearing her dresses to short. but it was the rumor that ruined her in the eyes of "pompous" townspeople.
1939 is considered the best year in american cinema. thomas mitchell, who played the drunk doctor, was in 2 other great films from that year; "gone with the wind" and frank capra's "mr. smith goes to washington" starring jimmy stewart. stewart also starred in a GREAT western comedy/drama in 1939 called "destry rides again." i'm sure you have your westerns already picked out but i hope you included "shane" (1953) and "destry rides again." "shane" is the epitome of american westerns. a classic!
@@cjmacq-vg8um BTW Thomas Mitchell is also "Uncle Billy" in "It's a Wonderful Life."
Mr. Peacock was played by actor Thomas Donald Meek (1878 -1946), a Scottish American. He first performed publicly at the age of eight and on Broadway in 1903. Best known for the films You Can't Take It With You (1938) and Stagecoach. Meek was born in Glasgow. His family emigrated in the 1890's, first to Canada and then to the USA.
Thank you for reacting outside of the box. Great choice.
In 1939, the actor Thomas Mitchell, the drunk doctor was in the following: Stagecoach, Gone With The Wind, Mr Smith Goes To Washington, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame and Only Angels Have Wings. He won an Oscar for Stagecoach as best supporting actor
He actually competed against himself (probably GWTW role as the crazy father).
Wasn't he also Uncle Billy in "It's A Wonderful Life?"
T Mitchell was also in Its a Wonderful life
Probably the best year of classics for any actor ever?
It was because Dallas was a woman of ill repute that she was run out of town. Ringo doesn't know at first, and then he doesn't care.
They tell men to go boil water because it gets them out of the way.
My mom told me the same thing when I was a kid. The old grannies would have a list of chores to distract the men and get them out from underfoot.
No, boiling water was a necessity as was tearing cloth into strips, as is mentioned in many old-time movies. The cloth strips were placed in the boiling water to make hot compresses, which were placed around the vaginal opening to make the skin more elastic and easier to pass the baby. It was not to get men out of the way. It was a common procedure when a woman had a baby.
I love it!
@@dalelatham2718 The two things aren't mutually exclusive.
Thank you for reacting to this. There is so much quality in older films. I hope you keep going down the rabbit hole.
Please, Dawn Marie! You will love the great Western Classic 'They Died With Their Boots On'. It stars Errol Flynn and Olivia DeHaviland. You have seen them in The 'Adventures of Robin Hood', and I remember you enjoyed that one.
Errol Flynn and DeHaviland were the leading man and woman superstars of the 1930's. Olivia De Havalind died just recently at the age of 102.
They co-starred in another western Civil war classic 'Sante Fe Trail'.
You would thoroughly enjoy that black and white classic as well.
❤ Yakima Canutt was an acting stuntman in this movie. He was the Apache who jumped on the horse, attempting to stop the stage. This stunt inspired the Indiana Jones under truck stunt in RAIDERS. John Wayne was one of the first singing cowboys. Thankfully, they dubbed "singing Sandy's" voice. That lil feller you're looking for made more than 100 movies. I've seen probably 70 or more, but I can't place him in anything I know you've watched. That card playing dude made, John Carradine, made several hundred movies and TV shows. He also gave us several acting sons.i do not recommend BILLY THE KID VERSUS DRACULA unless you get chemically altered. There are Bunches of John Ford Monument Valley movies. I'm sure you'll see more. But you have already seen Doc and Marty and the Griswolds there. Thanks for watching
dear god, I watched this movie over and over again as a kid, but it has been 30 years... This is the biggest shot of nostalgia I've ever had.
The actor who played the doctor played Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful LIfe. Andy Devine was also in this movie. He played the town marshal in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
Also voice of Friar Tuck. I remember him mostly from Flipper.
Andy's gang. Plunk your magic twanger froggy .
3:17--Doc is Thomas Mitchell
4:31--John Carradine
6:51--Monument Valley
18:50--Yakima Canutt--stunt man
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakima_Canutt
22:00--Andy Devine
Yakima and John Wayne go way back to his early days as a stuntman while attending college.
1:42 Look at all the cells of that battery for the telegraph-a whole shelfful! I wonder how many people making a movie nowadays would know to include a battery if they had a scene set in a telegraph-office.
John Wayne did a trilogy about the cavalry. fort apache, she wore a yellow ribbon, and Rio grande. Highly recommend seeing them as well
I am interested to hear about this trilogy, please tell us more. My favorite cavalry movie is "The Horse Solders" (1959)... I recommend this movie for Dawn and everyone.
@@Monty_BeGoodToEachOther John Ford Directed them, they aren't a trilogy in the sense that they are connected. Just that they are about the cavalry in the west, Wayne plays a different character in every one albeit a cavalry officer. With Ford's usual stable of actors filling out different roles in different movies. I like them all very much and highly recommend them as well. Herny Fonda is in my favorite "Fort Apache".
The Searchers is about the calvalry as well, isn't it? It's been years since I've seen it, though.
@@deckofcards87 the searchers does have cavalry in it but it's not apart of John Ford and John Wayne's cavalry trilogy
Since you like Leslie Nielsen , you should watch Forbidden Planet (1956)
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A fun little western from 1970 that you might enjoy is "The Cheyenne Social Club". Jimmy Stuart plays a cowboy that inherits a brothel. Some guys have all the luck.
Andy Devine "Buck the stage driver" was a well known character actor and did the voice of "Friar Tuck" in Disney's animated Robin Hood. His characteristic voice is even copied by voice actors today. He also played the Marshal in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".
8:28 Claire Trevor plays the fem fatale in one of my favorite movies, "Murder, My Sweet." 1944. A gumshoe detective noir film.
Yeah MMS was a masterpiece and Claire was hot.
@@billolsen4360 I think it is.
As an American, I greatly appreciate your enjoyment of our Western movies and our beloved actors that brought smiles and laughter to so many.
John Carradine was a great actor! (Mr Hatfield, the gambler). You should also check out a few of his horror films. He was the father of the late actor David Carradine. (David starred in the successful TV western series, "Kung Fu" in the 1970s. He's also known for his role in the move "Kill Bill"
Ĥe also the father of Robert Carradine who was one of the boys in The Cowboys and in the comedy Revenge of the Nerds
Just think Dawn, in 1939 there were still people around who had lived through the conflict with Geronimo when they were young.
Actually my granmother was taken to see Geronimo when she was young in Oklahoma, she said his eyes were scary.
@@allenporter6586 Years of having Mexicans and Americans massacring your family and stealing lands might tend to put a harsh edge on one's appearance.
I don't know if you'll ever react to Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles, and considered one of the greatest films ever made, but Orson Welles watched Stagecoach dozens of times before shooting Citizen Kane. Welles was asked who were the greatest directors and he answered -"John Ford, John Ford and John Ford". So you can imagine how influential Stagecoach is to the art of cinema.
The Big Country with Gregory Peck Another good western
The way the camera zooms in on John Wayne
Is a great shot. Great intro for the Ringo Kid and the Duke.
I'm in for Western week, I bloody love Stagecoach! Hopefully you'll be watching The Professionals as well. X
Hello Dawn Marie, after realizing that I was passing by the Lordsburg of this movie. I have camped at the K.O.A. (Kampgrounds of America) at Lordsburg, New Mexico. It is a nice country town. I purchased an extralong pair jumper cables there. There is a nice restaurant that serves barbeque on Fridays. Also, near there, all in short walking distance is a nice Mom & Pop Mexican Food Restaurant. Very tasty. K.O.A. has miniature log cabins to rent. Now you know where to go should you ever take the stagecoach to Lordsburg.
One more fantastic John Ford masterpiece: "My Darling Clementine"! "Stagecoach" and "My Darling Clementine" are my all time fave John Ford westerns. If you don't watch it this week, definitely keep it on the list for a future one!
When you say "masterpiece" and "John Ford" in the same sentence you're opening a can of worms. Personally I'm torn between "The Searchers" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" but it's a hard call.
John Wayne was not just in this one, it was the first movie he was a star in. "Dallas" was a saloon girl, and as such a "woman of ill repute. They commonly were employed getting the clientele to buy drinks, dance with them and often to rent an upstairs bedroom for an hour. The "decent" people of the town would not have anything to do with them. You should also watch the 1947 Wayne movie, "The angel and the bad man". Glad you enjoy these. Good reaction.
His first main acting role was in The Big Trail, done in 1930. At that time, he was raw and unexperienced as an actor to have had a leading role (but if you watch the movie, you see flashes of what he became later on). The movie was not a success, so for the next 8-9 years he was in minor movie roles and seasoned his acting and persona in minor western serials. You see the Duke we are familiar with in this movie.
@@robincochran7369 I thought this was the first one that he had star billing. I guess I could be wrong.
Believe it or not, in the early years the studios tried to make John Wayne a singing cowboy, because that type of thing was popular at the time. As you might imagine, the results were, er, not so good. This movie really defined John Wayne's character for the rest of his career.
@@randallshuck2976 I guess not too many people knew about the earlier movie. And it was called The Big Trail, not The Long Trail, my mistake.
In 1939, because of movie censorship, following the directions set down by Will Hays (of the notorious Hays Office) You couldn't actually say a woman was a prostitute, nor could you even say a woman was pregnant. Film makers had to resort to dropping clues to get the message across. There was a period of film making that was a little more open about certain subjects, from the silent era up to around 1935, that are now designated as "pre code".
Andy Devine was a regular feature in westerns, and was also popular on radio because of his wild voice. He made frequent appearances on the old Jack Benny radio show, where he would appear shouting "HOWDY, BUCK!" Buck being Jack Benny's pretend cowboy name. He performed the wishing well song from Snow White with Jack Benny's wife, Mary Livingstone, and sang so badly that she pushed him down the well and threw the bucket in after him.
Donald Meek was one of those character actors who popped up in a lot of different types of movies, but I failed to cross-index any of his to your video list. He's been in some W.C. Fields comedies, like My Little Chickadee. Also popped up in other westerns, musicals, comedies, etc. He was just that perfect little nervous guy.
I used to get him confused with John Fiedler, another little character actor. You saw him in 12 Angry Men.
This is certainly the most ICONIC western movie ever. The truck chase in Raiders of the Lost Ark was certainly influenced by the Apache chase. The stunt where John Wayne's double leaps over the horses is legendary.
Donald Meek was in Captain Blood Errol Flynn's breakout role
Was it the Sheriff of Nottingham that Andy Devine voiced in Disney's Robin Hood?
@@shotbytim9624 Close, Devine played Friar Tuck, who butted heads (stomachs) with the Sheriff. The Sheriff was Pat Buttram, who had been in a lot of lesser known westerns, and best known as Mr Haney in Green Acres (and one of Eddie Valiant's bullets in Roger Rabbit)
Sending y'all a warm Howdy from Stagecoach Texas ! 🤠
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That was NOT Geronimo at the start! He was bringing info about Geronimo.
There was not a lot of room in those old stage coaches and people with exceptionally big butts were not allowed to ride. That's where we get the saying, "There's no west for the reary."
The "Hoop Lever Winchester carbine" is seen for the very first time on film in this movie. It was specially made for the film and it became ridiculously popular.
This was the first movie filmed at Monument Valley in southern Utah directed by John Ford. He filmed nearly a dozen movies in the same location. It was nicknamed 'John Ford Country'. The local Indians who own the land loved John Ford because he hired them for his movies and during one bad winter flew in supplies when the roads were blocked by snow. For younger viewers this location was used in the movie Forest Gump when Tom Hanks was running across country, and he finally turned around.
Stunt man Yakima Canut falling between the horses and under the stage coach, an epic stunt.
A similar stunt was done in Raiders of the Lost Ark, under the moving truck.
Clair Trevor (Dallas) see her in Key Largo 1948 with Humphrey Bogart
Dallas is being snubbed because she is a prostitute, that's why she was 'run out of town'.
Yes, the gambler was about to do a mercy killing of the woman.
Agree so much with your 'dragging it out' point.
The Indian at the start wasn't Geronimo.
I hope you get around to Destry Rides Again (1939) and The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) -- two very different favourites of mine.
Andy Devine voiced Friar Tuck in Disney’s Robin Hood (1973). Andy Devine also played Marshal Link Appleyard in ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ (1962) with John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart.
You may remember Andy Devine as the lawman in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." Basically, he was always getting free food at the restaurant, and not doing much else.
2:02 Andy Devine. He seemed to always be in Paramount comedies with Bing or Bob.
Andy also had his own TV series back in the early years of television.
The drunk doc is Uncle Billy in Its A Wonderful Life
And Scarlett O'Hara's father in Gone With the Wind. His name is Thomas Mitchell. He along with Ward Bond was in just about every movie made from 1930 to 1960.
@@ryansyler8847 Thomas earned an Best Supporting Oscar for this film. Stagecoach should have earned another for Best Adapted Screenplay.
@@Madbandit77 It's hard to name just one movie from 1939 that deserved the Oscar. It was the greatest year in Hollywood's history.
@@ryansyler8847 Here, here!
Although Dawn probably remembers him more as the newspaper publisher in Liberty Valance
Western week is such a great idea. You know what else would be a great idea? Screwball Comedy Week!
_It Happened One Night, 20th Century, My Man Godfrey, His Girl Friday,_ and _The Philadelphia Story._
Also add "Ball of fire."
And "Arsenic and old Lace", maybe the screwballiest of them all.(yeah, I just made up that word)
@@rs-ye7kw While _Arsenic and Old Lace_ is an excellent adaptation of the play, it is not, strictly speaking, a screwball comedy. It should definitely be on one of Dawn's lists, just not for *Screwball Comedy Week.*
There should definitely be a *Black Comedy Week:* Dawn's already watched _Dr. Strangelove_ and _Pulp Fiction,_ here are a few others: _Arsenic and Old Lace; The Trouble With Harry; Death at a Funeral_ (the UK version); _Fargo; The Guard; Being John Malkovich._
Indeed! And how about My Favorite Wife.
Great timing! I am busy building & painting a miniature of this stagecoach, with horses & passengers 😊
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is one of my favourite Westerns.
The Native American at the very beginning was a Comanche, not Geronimo, who was an Apache. He is the leader of the raid towards the end. Dallas was what was known in those days as a Harlot or Trollop or a Woman of the City, or a yes Prostitute. Dawn Marie, your instincts are very good for figuring out what is going to happen, a lot of common sense. A truly excellent reaction.
Dawn you gotta watch....
Red River (1948)
The best John Wayne western. Voted many times in the top 10 best westerns of all-time.
John plays a tough and kind ranch owner turned into a wild trail boss.
It's about the first cattle drive up the Chisholm Trail with a 10,000 head of cattle ! One of my all-time favorite John Wayne movies🤠
Yay! First reaction on YT for this landmark film. Thank you Dawn Marie.
This was filmed in Monument Valley, and it is absolutely beautiful.
Monument Valley is in Utah, Dawn. It’s so beautiful, John Ford shot a lot of his movies there.
Luke Plummer ,played by Tom Tyler,went on to be the first actor to play Shazam ,Then known as Captain Marvel ,in a 1940s movie serial
That's so funny. I had no idea who that guy was, but as soon as I heard his voice I was like "That's the sheriff from Robin Hood!" 😂
Not the sheriff he played friar tuck. The sheriff was played by pat buttram from green acres
It's a classic, and I'm sooo glad you watched the original Dawn ✌️🙂
It's simple Dawn you see Dallas comes from the other side of the tracks so like the drunk Doc. Boone they are both looked down on by the so called clean and proper people.
Often Dawn gives us a surprise, no exception here, thank you my dear
This is my 2nd favorite western The best is The Searchers, also with John Wayne. 2:15 Andy Devine was in Robin Hood (1973), also in It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) as well as A Star Is Born (1937) and a million others. 6:50 I drive by there every time I travel from Arizona to Colorado. That's on the Navajo Nation reservation and never ceases to draw my admiration. They look even better in color!
The stagecoach driver is Andy Devine, who plays Buck, Thomas Mitchell plays Doc Boone, John Carradine plays Hatfield, Donald Meek plays Peacock, Clair Trevor plays Dallas, Louise Platt plays Mrs. Lucy Mallory and Yakima Canutt plays the Cavalry Scout and an Indian attacking the stagecoach. Dallas was a prostitute being run out of town by the "Law & Order League".
john Wayne later credited his walk, talk, and persona to his acquaintance with Wyatt Earp, who was good friends with Tom Mix. Wheelchair larry
One person you recognized was Donald Meek -- born in Glasgow.
I went to see an old black and white classic at the cinema last night. After Western Week you really have to do On The Waterfront!👌
Claire Trevor also featured in several classic film noirs, including Key Largo (1948), Murder, My Sweet (1944), Born to Kill (1947), and Raw Deal (1948). Her performance in Key Largo nearly outshines Bogart, Bacall, and Edward G. Robinson. She took home the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for it too.
The notorious gambler is John Carradine father of late actor David Carradine who played Bill in the movie Kill Bill.
Dawn Marie: Best Audience Ever!
The phrase "riding shotgun" came from the rider who sat next to a stagecoach driver and used a shotgun to fight off stage robbers, Indians, etc.
"kidnap her..", that's an understated way of saying what would happen to her if captured..
The traditional advice in such situations is to "save the last one (bullet) for yourself" - it was considered preferable to shoot ones self rather than being tortured to death.
Those who don't know: "Old movies are so long and slow paced! Anyway, imma gonna go watch my 3 hour meandering superhero movie."
Those in the know: "Ooh, got an hour and half before I got to go for the bus. Time to watch a 90 minute fast paced old timey that don't hang about and punches the 'The End' closing title button approximately 90 seconds after the final showdown."
I love these videos, what a wholesome way to spend a Monday night. Takes my mind off the election.
1939 was a very good year for movies.
True. Lot's of good movies were made in 1939. I 1939 The Wizard of Oz lost best picture award to Gone With The Wind.
I liked Donald Meek in the picture "The Whole Towns Talking" and he showed up in a lot of small character roles. Andy Devine did a lot of radio too because of his distinctive voice.
Again, I have to say I love watching these shows with you. You’re so much fun. I love your commentary. Love your accent love you. You’re just adorable as hell. Have a good one thanks again.
"High Midnight"! LOL
check out Tall in the Saddle 1944, it's my favorite John Wayne western and is one of his most underrated roles imo.
Dawn would love the characters in it
Mr. Peacock, the whisky salesman, was played by Donald Meek (1878-1946), a Scottish-born (Glasgow) American actor. He did a ton of movies in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. I don't know if you have seen him in another film. It must be in one of the older ones.
Fun Fact: When John Wayne saw how Andy Devine was holding the reins of the stagecoach while driving it, because it didn’t look realistic.
Wayne was then told that Andy actually was a stagecoach driver when they were still a thing.
If im not mistaken the stuntman for this movie was the greatest named stuntman called Yakama Canute. Also he was the only stuntman at least the only one right now to win an Honorary Oscar because he invented ninety percent of the stunts we all know like sliding under wagons and jumping on horses in Westerns.
What I like best about Stagecoach (1939), is Ringo Kidd was suppose to be a criminal on the run. Yet he was so innocent about Dallas. He never knew about her stained reputation. After all he saw and did, he was a complete ignorant about girls. He knew he liked them, and Dallas to him was the prettiest girl he ever saw. Ringo wanted her, so he worked quick to get her. In those days, I bet you had to. People came and went by train or coach. You met, made friends, fell in love. Then came the coach or train and took them away forever sometimes. So he got her by luck. By the way, they didn't get married first. They just went and lived together. 😂😂😂 Ringo's friends were cool with that when they sent them on their way. No one ever talks about that 1939 ending. The censors didn't even mind. That's how good of a movie it was. 1939, the Golden year of Hollywood. When Gone With The Wind swept the Oscars. The drunk Thomas Mitchell, won Best Supporting Actot for Stagecoach.
It wasn't just an early Wayne film, it was his first starring roll.The guy you called Andy was Andy devine, you also saw him in the man who shot liberty valance (cowardly sheriff)and the animated robin hood (friar tuck).He was in a lot of films.
Wayne starred in wany movies before this one, but they were all low budget "B" westerns, except "The Big Trail" (1930), directed by Raoul Walsh.
@@creech54 he appeared in movies before stagecoach, this was his first major breakout role,.
@@staffiedave4033 But not his first starring role.
One of my favorite John Wayne movies is Three Godfathers. It's about three bandits who came upon a woman with a baby in the midwest. She died. They decided to take the baby to the nearest town even though they would be arrested. I'm a subscriber. Thank you for your reactions.
The guy you’re asking about played Mr. Peacock, in Stagecoach, he is a character actor named Donald Meek, he is listed as playing in more than 90 movies & serials. He was born in Glasgow,Scotland in 1878, died in L.A.California in 1946 at age 68. He was a stage actor in Scotland before coming to the U.S. to act in movies.
Three westerns you should watch.
1. Last Train from Gun Hill - 1959 starring Kirk Douglas
2. Silver Lode - 1954 starring John Payne
3. ANY western starring Glenn Ford between 1941 and 1973.
The man at 24:19 is Donald Meek. I'm not aware of you watching any of his other films, however he also had a good performance in You Can't Take it With You, which also included James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Ann Miller, Edward Arnold and Lionel Barrymore.
The actor John Russell Mat Birdet had a western series called Lawman. He plays the new Lawman in town.✌️❤️
John Wayne had been in a lot of movies before this one but it was "Stagecoach" that made him a superstar.
I knew you would just fall in love with that ending.
Hi Dawn, great to see you exploring more classic films & enjoying them. :)
The guy was gonna shoot Mrs. Mallory because he didn’t want her to suffer at the hands of the Apache
Yes, Dallas was a " sex professional". A fallen woman. This movie was the first with the "hooker with a heart of gold". The gambler was going to kill her so she wouldn't be taken by the Apache. He was played by John Carradine. His 3 sons all became actors too. Don't know if you realized, but the stunt where the guy jumped onto the horses, then went under the wagon, was repeated in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I hope some time in this awesome week, we get to see Tombstone. Silverado would be nice. El Dorado is another John Wayne that would be great. Whatever we watch, Best Reaction Ever! On to the next one!!
"Stagecoach" was John Wayne's second big break. The first at the age of 23 was "The Big Trail" from 1930, filmed on location in five states, unheard of in that day, and released in a few different formats including wide screen and extended director's cut. Unfortunately with the financial depression then the theaters were not equipped to make full use of the film and Wayne did not get the proper recognition for his work and subsequently languished in the 1930s in low budget westerns, especially serials such as "The Three Mesquiteers" until "Stagecoach" then there was no looking back.
Loved this one, and a FUN week ahead!! Thanks, Dawn! 🙂
Great Reaction to John Wayne's Breakout Role.........
Very wise guesses. I believe since this was not long after Silent Films they hadn't quite got the hang of conveying things to the viewers! Also the reason for some of the strange posing. Great Job Lady Marie!! 🕊️☮️
Another great reaction, Dawn Marie! You are definitely one of Scotland's national treasures!
John Caradine is the father of David Caradine, Bill from "Kill Bill".
Those "hello cactus," are called saguaros. Pronounced sa- woro
They used to only be found in Arizona and northern Mexico.
There used to be a handful of western movie studios. One of the most famous was called Old Tucson. I hear from a friend they're reopening Old Tucson and will start filming there again.
1939 is considered the best year in american cinema. thomas mitchell, who played the drunk doctor, was in 2 other great films from that year; "gone with the wind" and frank capra's "mr. smith goes to washington" starring jimmy stewart. stewart also starred in a GREAT western comedy/drama in 1939 called "destry rides again." i'm sure you have your westerns already picked out but i hope you included "shane" (1953) and "destry rides again." "shane" is the epitome of american westerns. a classic! thanks for the video.
Part of the amazing landscape was Monument Valley in Arizona - the same location you've already seen in "Back To The Future III". As a "saloon girl", Dallas automatically has a dubious reputation and assumed to be of low character, so the more self righteous members of society get to treat her like dirt.
An unusual western directed by John Ford is Sergeant Rutledge. It would be a nice surprise to watch this on Wednesday.
Real stunts ; no CGI back then.
"You can't milk a dog ". 😂 I'm going to put that on a shirt!
Wow. Congratulations for reacting to this mega-classic.
Thanks for the awesome reaction..! Your classic western movies are the best, and I anxiously await the next one...! Thanks again.
I like the lighting in your set back there... Very Noir!