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1924
The Iron Horse is a 1924 American silent epic Western film directed by John Ford and produced by Fox Film. It was the studio's hastily planned response to the success of Paramount Pictures' The Covered Wagon. The studio gave Ford his first major budget, which he exceeded. The gamble paid off, and The Iron Horse was an enormous success. The film marked the beginning of Ford's strong association with Westerns.
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*The Covered Wagon*, 1923 silent epic produced by Paramount Pictures, is one of the most important films in the history of western as a genre. It not only proved that westerns can be epic and that they can bring epic profits to Hollywood studios, it also indirectly led to one of the greatest film makers of 20th Century being associated with the genre. That film maker was young director John Ford, whom William Fox, r…More
