The Covered Wagon Reel 4 (1923, silent)

Description: "Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and Indian attacks. To complicate matters further, a love triangle develops, as pretty Molly must chose between Sam, a brute, and Will, the dashing captain of the other caravan. Can Will overcome the skeleton in his closet and win Molly's

heart?"

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Content Warning: Images of animal slaughter.

Notes from Can:

Reel 4 of 6

Mogull Bros No 8028

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Subjects: Abuse; Settler colonialism; White supremacy; Indigenous people

Tags: colonization; conquest; colonialism; slaughter, Buffalo, American West, gold rush, trigger warning; content warning; Gold rushes, James Bridger, Covered wagons; Western; horses; guns

Film Sponsor:

Creator: James Cruze, Famous Players-Lasky Corp.

Credits: Director: James Cruze. Producer: James Cruze, Walter Woods. Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Alan Hale. Production Company: Famous Players-Lasky Corp.

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1923

Geographical Location: USA; Wyoming

Genre/Form: fiction, feature

Language:

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reduction print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 18 fps

Length (feet): 344