Covered Wagon [VHS]
by James Cruze
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Actor: Alan Hale, Ernest Torrence, J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Tully MarshallDirector: James Cruze
Cinematographer: Karl Brown
Editor: Dorothy Arzner
Producer: Jesse L. Lasky
Writer: Emerson Hough
Writer: Jack Cunningham
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 98 minutes
Release Date: 1995-01-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Paramount
Studio: Paramount
VHS Movie Reviews of Covered Wagon [VHS]
Movie Review: Paramount VHS available in two speeds
Summary: 3 Stars
PARAMOUNT issued this VHS of THE COVERED WAGON (pink and olive green logo on the slipcover) in both SP and SLP speed, so buying one without contacting the seller first may be a gamble. This particular dub has a HiFi soundtrack of a very appropriate organ accompaniment which includes varying renditions of the "theme song" of the California Gold Rush of 1848-49, "Oh Susanna" (one of these "takes" sounds like a banjo).
"The Covered Wagon" as a film has only a few flaws, not enough to distract from a well-done story:
At times, there's too many intertitles, especially in the first half-hour.
Transfer may be from two sources, one of which is somewhat blurry looking.
The buffalo hunt includes less than 20 of the critters (they were still scarce in the 1920s).
The limp carcass of a horse is rolled off a cliff to simulate a wounded animal falling to its death; an unnecessary, gratuitous and unrealistic stunt.
Everything else is good-- a great cast (particularly Alan Hale as the villain) and over a hundred vintage Conestogas take us on a journey across the Great Plains to where the two wagon trains split: one heads north to Oregon and fertile farmland, the other south to the California gold fields. Along the way the settlers encounter teachery from within and without. A love triangle is used very effectively, and there's a few interesting peripheral characters, like the legendary mountain man Jim Bridger, and Will Jackson, a grizzled yet lovable sidekick to our hero, Will Banion.
Ably directed by Mormon-raised James Cruze, this is unfortunately one of the only examples of the director's 100 movies still in existence; the quality here makes the viewer want to see more of Cruze's work.
Also recommended to silent cinema fans is TUMBLEWEEDS (1925), an exciting story of the Oklahoma Land Rush which is also cowboy star William S. Hart's farewell movie. (VHS - SP mode).
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