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The Iron Horse (film)
''The Iron Horse'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and produced by Fox Film. It was a major milestone in Ford's career, and his lifelong connection to the western film genre. It was Ford's first major film, in part because the hastily planned production went over budget, as Fox was making a hurried response to the success of another studio's western. In 2011, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Plot The film is about the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It depicts Irish, Italian, and Chinese immigrants, as well as African Americans, as the men who did the backbreaking work that made this feat possible. The primary villain is an unscrupulous businessman who masquerades as a renegade Cheyenne. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. He was the recipient of six Academy Awards including a record four wins for Best Director. Ford made frequent use of location shooting and wide shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain. In a career of more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although most of his silent films are now lost). He is renowned both for Westerns such as '' Stagecoach'' (1939), '' The Searchers'' (1956), and ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962) and adaptations of classic 20th century American novels such as '' The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940). Ford's work was held in high regard by his colleagues, with Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who named him one of the greate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheyenne
The Cheyenne ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. Their Cheyenne language belongs to the Algonquian language family. Today, the Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized nations: the Southern Cheyenne, who are enrolled in the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma, and the Northern Cheyenne, who are enrolled in the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. The Cheyenne comprise two Native American tribes, the Só'taeo'o or Só'taétaneo'o (more commonly spelled as Suhtai or Sutaio) and the Tsétsêhéstâhese (also spelled Tsitsistas, The term for the Cheyenne homeland is ''Tsiihistano''. Language The Cheyenne of Montana and Oklahoma speak the Cheyenne language, known as ''Tsêhésenêstsestôtse'' (common spelling: Tsisinstsistots). Approximately 800 people speak Cheyenne in Oklahoma. There are only a handful of vocabulary differences between the two locations. The Cheyenne alphabet contains 14 letters. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coolies
A coolie (also spelled koelie, kuli, khuli, khulie, cooli, cooly, or quli) is a term for a low-wage labourer, typically of South Asian or East Asian descent. The word ''coolie'' was first popularized in the 16th century by European traders across Asia, and by the 18th century would refer to migrant Indian indentured labourers, and by the 19th century during the British colonial era, would gain a new definition of the systematic transportation and employment of Asian laborers via employment contracts on sugar plantations that had been formerly worked by enslaved Africans. The word has had a variety of other implications and is sometimes regarded as offensive or a pejorative, depending upon the historical and geographical context; in India, its country of origin, it is still considered a derogatory slur. It is similar, in many respects, to the Spanish term peón, although both terms are used in some countries with different implications. The word originated in the 17th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Padjan
Jack Padjan (14 December 1887 – 1 February 1960), also known as Jack Duane, was an American stunt performer and actor. Padjan was born in Silver Bow, Montana. He began acting in Hollywood Westerns in the 1920s, starting with minor roles in films such as ''The Ten Commandments'' and ''The Covered Wagon''. In 1924, he played the role of Wild Bill Hickok in '' The Iron Horse''. This was followed by roles in '' Land of the Lawless'' (1928) and '' Crashing Through'' (1928), for which he was credited as "Jack Duane". In 1930, he coordinated the stunt performers for ''The Big Trail'', and acted as an advisor to lead actor John Wayne. He acted as Victor McLaglen's stunt double in the 1936 film '' Under Two Flags''. He was injured during the filming of '' The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'', while performing a high fall. He retired from stunt performance work in the late 1930s and worked as a foreman on a ranch in Chatsworth, California Chatsworth is a suburban neighborhood in the Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief John Big Tree
Chief John Big Tree (born Isaac Johnny John, June 2, 1877 – July 6, 1967) was a member of the Seneca Nation and an actor who appeared in 59 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Buffalo, New York and died in Onondaga Indian Reservation, New York. His interment was also there. Big Tree claimed to be one of three Native American chiefs whose profiles were composited to make the portrait featured on the obverse of the United States' Indian Head nickel, designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser. The other two chiefs were Iron Tail and Two Moons. Big Tree claimed that his profile was used to create that portion of the portrait from the top of the forehead to the upper lip. Big Tree also claimed to be the sole model for Fraser's most recognized work, the doleful '' End of the Trail''. Both of these claims are broadly disputed, and Fraser identified other models. He also appeared on the March 1964 cover of ''Esquire'' magazine, in a pose commemorating the Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur (born Gladys Georgianna Greene; October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an American Broadway and film actress whose career began in silent films in the early 1920s and lasted until the early 1950s. Arthur had feature roles in three Frank Capra films: ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' (1936) with Gary Cooper, '' You Can't Take It with You'' (1938) co-starring James Stewart, and '' Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' (1939), also starring Stewart. These three films all championed the "everyday heroine", personified by Arthur. She also co-starred with Cary Grant in the adventure-drama ''Only Angels Have Wings'' (1939) and in the comedy-drama '' The Talk of the Town'' (1942). She starred as the lead in the acclaimed and highly successful comedy films ''The Devil and Miss Jones'' (1941) and ''A Foreign Affair'' (1948), the latter of which she starred alongside Marlene Dietrich. Arthur was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1944 for her performance in ''The More the Merr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladys Hulette
Gladys Hulette (July 21, 1896 – August 8, 1991) was an American silent film actress from Arcade, New York, United States. Her career began in the early years of silent movies and continued until the mid-1930s. She first performed on stage at the age of three and on screen when she was seven years old. Hulette was also a talented artist. Her mother was an opera star. Child actress Hulette was among the principal players in ''Sappho and Phaon'' which had its first performance in Providence, Rhode Island on October 4, 1907. She helped support Bertha Kalich in the Percy MacKaye production. As a child she also appeared in ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1908) and ''The Smoke Fairy'' (1909). On Broadway, in '' The Blue Bird'' (1910), she played Tyltyl. She was the sweet youth, Beth, in ''Little Women'' (1912). Her other Broadway credits included ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' (1906), ''A Doll's House'' (1907), and ''The Faith Healer'' (1910). Silent film player In her earliest motion picture f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James A
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Kohler
Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor. Career Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri or in Dubuque, Iowa. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to support himself. He lost part of his right hand in a mining accident during this time. Eventually he was able to join a touring company, and worked steadily in show business for several years. His son Fred Kohler Jr. also became an actor. America's budding film industry drew a 20-something Kohler to Hollywood, where he made his start in silent films. His first role was in the 1911 short ''The Code of Honor'', and he had an uncredited role in Cecil B. DeMille's feature film ''Joan the Woman'' (1917), but a steady stream of parts did not begin until ''The Tiger's Trail'' (1919). Kohler's stern features earned him a niche playing villains. His role as Bauman in '' The Iron Horse'' (1924) is a notable example. With the advent of the talkies, Kohler reprised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Waggner
George Waggner (September 7, 1894 – December 11, 1984) was an American actor, director, producer and writer. He is best known for producing and directing the 1941 film '' The Wolf Man''. For some unknown reason, Waggner sometimes configured his name in mostly lowercase letters but with his surname's two Gs capitalized ("waGGner"), including in the credits of some of the productions he directed. Career Born in New York City, he trained as a chemist and served in World War I before coming to Hollywood to pursue a career as an actor. He made his film debut as an actor portraying Yousayef in '' The Sheik'' (1921). He later acted in Western films. The first film he directed was ''Western Trails'' (1938). During his career as a film director, he worked with John Wayne (''The Fighting Kentuckian''), Lon Chaney Jr. (''Man Made Monster'' and his most famous film, ''The Wolf Man''), Brian Donlevy and Broderick Crawford (''South of Tahiti''), Randolph Scott ('' Gunfighters'') and Boris Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Powers (actor)
Francis Powers (June 4, 1865 Virginia – May 10, 1940 Santa Monica, California) was a silent film actor, screenwriter, and director from the United States. Selected filmography *'' Clothes'' (1914) *'' The Port of Missing Men'' (1914 *''The Ring and the Man'' (1914) *'' The Little Gray Lady'' (1914) * '' Shadows of Conscience'' (1921) * ''Rouged Lips'' (1923) * ''Playing It Wild'' (1923) *'' The Love Trap'' (1923) *''The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln'' (1924) *'' The Iron Horse'' (1924) *'' Lightnin''' (1925) (uncredited) *''Thank You "''Thank you''" (often expanded to ''thank you very much'' or ''thanks a lot'', or informally abbreviated to ''thanks'' or alternately as ''many thanks''Geoffrey Leech, ''The Pragmatics of Politeness'' (2014), p. 200.) is a common expression of ...'' (1925) (uncredited) *'' The Fighting Heart'' (1925) (uncredited) References 1865 births 1940 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male silent film actors American male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Walling
William Walling (June 2, 1872 – March 5, 1932) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 60 films between 1921 and 1932. He is known for his role as the railroad president in the 1926 film '' The Great K & A Train Robbery'', which starred Tom Mix. He died in California, aged 59. He was married to actress Effie (Bond) Walling and was the father of actor and photographer Richard Walling AKA William Walling Jr. Before he acted in films, Walling traveled the United States performing with stock theater companies. Partial filmography * '' The Killer'' (1921) * '' The Little Minister'' (1921) * '' North of the Rio Grande'' (1922) * ''The Village Blacksmith'' (1922) * ''While Satan Sleeps'' (1922) * '' His Back Against the Wall'' (1922) * ''The Ladder Jinx'' (1922) * ''Nobody's Money'' (1923) * '' North of Hudson Bay'' (1923) * '' Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model'' (1924) * '' The Iron Horse'' (1924) * ''In Love with Love'' (1924) * '' The Clash of the Wolves'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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