Journal 3 Stagecoach 1. Relate what was discussed in class or the text to the screening.

In class we learned that Stagecoach was made during the greatest period in film history from 1939-1941. ther films made during the same time include Citizen Kane!

Gone With The Wind! and The Wizard of Oz. "he director of Stagecoach! John #ord! won four $est directing %cademy %wards! though none for a western. %t the time westerns were no longer popular! $ut Stagecoach changed that. John &ayne! $orn 'arion 'orrison! was considered a ( actor! $ut after Stagecoach his popularity s)yroc)eted him into the mainstream. John &ayne recei*ed his only %cademy %ward 3+ years after Stagecoach for his role in True Grit. John #ord and John &ayne colla$orated on ,4 films together throughout $oth of their careers. Stagecoach won two %cademy %wards- one for $est score and the other for $est supporting actor! "homas 'itchell.

,. #ind a related article and summari.e the content. In the article /'onument 0alley #ilmma)ing and 'yth1 the author Joe 2entner descri$es the impact 'onument 0alley has had in film. %lthough many feel Stagecoach was the first to use the $eautiful scenery of 'onument 0alley! it was actually The Vanishing American filmed in 19,3. 4dward 5orter6s The Great Train Robbery is credited with starting the western genre in film. John #ord was the son of two Irish immigrants. #ord was a 7lansman in 8.&. 9riffith6s Birth of a Nation. In a 1,-month period during 1939 John #ord directed four critically acclaimed films! Stagecoach !oung "r# $inco%n &rums A%ong the "oha'(

and The Gra)es of Wrath. John #ord was the head of the :a*y #ield 5hotographer ;nit and staged much of the /actual1 footage of 5earl <ar$or after the attac). John #ord used the $ac)drop of 'onument 0alley in nine of his films. %s a ;ni*ersity of Southern =alifornia foot$all player! John &ayne! wor)ed for #ox during the summers mo*ing props. &ayne got his stage name from Raoul &alsh! the director of his first leading film The Big Trai%# &alsh did not thin) audiences would li)e the name 'arion so he had it changed to John &ayne! after the Re*olutionary &ar general 'ad %nthony &ayne. John &ayne starred in 3> ( mo*ies $efore he hit uni*ersal stardom with Stagecoach.

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3. %pply the article to the film watched in class. %fter reading the article /'onument 0alley #ilmma)ing and 'yth1 $y Joe 2entner I ha*e a new appreciation for 'onument 0alley. I found it interesting that Stagecoach was not actually the first film to use it as a location! as it is insinuated. "he impact 'onument 0alley had on John #ord was also immense for him to shoot nine different films there. 'onument 0alley also had a huge impact in <ollywood too! as many other films were filmed there including Bac( to the *uture +art ,. John &ayne was the o$*ious star $ut according to 2entner / Stagecoach also introduced another star? 'onument 0alley1. :o audience can watch Stagecoach without $eing in awe of the powerful images of the scenery. 4. &rite a critical analysis of the film.

Stagecoach was an immensely impactful film. #irst of all it ga*e John &ayne his rise to superstardom. John &ayne6s name is as %merican as apple pie! and that is owed! at least in part! to his role as Ringo 7id in Stagecoach. John #ord deser*es a lot of credit for his casting of John &ayne! who was not particularly popular $efore. I appreciate John &ayne6s humility in appearing in any John #ord made film that was as)ed of him post Stagecoach. It was a $it amusing to learn that today John #ord is $est )nown for his westerns $ut none of his four $est director wins were for his wor) on a western. "he use of 'onument 0alley still capti*ates audiences in mo*ies today! so its grandeur at the time in 1939 cannot $e o*erstated. "he single greatest thing that Stagecoach achie*ed though was its re*itali.ation of the western genre. Just li)e John &ayne! $efore Stagecoach westerns were la$eled as ( films. (ut after Stagecoach westerns $ecame immensely popular. &esterns not only dominated <ollywood $ut also tele*ision too. It was not until the early 19B+6s that westerns really fell out of popularity again! $ut a forty-year run is ama.ing. I especially enCoyed the redemption of Ringo 7id in the end when he outdueled the three 5lummer $rothers! and then =urly let him and his fiancD ride of into the sunset. =ountless other mo*ies ha*e tried to attempt a similar storyline! the stagecoach may ha*e e*ol*ed into a $us or airplane $ut the plot remains mostly intact.

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