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Stagecoach is a 1939 Western which tells the tale of a motley group of strangers thrown together on a stagecoach which is attacked by Indians. It stars Claire Trevor, John Wayne (in the role which made him a star), Andy Devine, John Carradine Berton Churchill and Thomas Mitchell.

The film was adapted by Dudley Nichols and Ben Hecht from the

The movie premiered in Los Angeles, California on February 15February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 319 days remaining (320 in leap years). Events 1637 Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor. 1764 The American city of St. Louis is established. 1805 Harmony Society officially, 1939.

The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best PictureThe Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in. Thomas Mitchell won for Best Supporting ActorThe Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners a. Mitchell was also featured in Gone with the Wind, Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonSmith Goes to Washington is a 1939 film which tells the story of an idealistic young man, chosen (see coin flipping) to fill the unexpired term of a dead Senator, who becomes disillusioned by the corruption he sees in Washington. It stars Jean Arthur, Jam, The Hunchback of Notre DameThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (in French, Notre-Dame de Paris was a novel first published in 1831 by the French literary giant Victor Hugo. The enormous popularity of the novel in France spurred the nascent historical preservation movement in that country a and Only Angels Have Wings in the same year, but it was his performance in this movie which gave him the Oscar.

This was the first of many films that John Ford made in Monument ValleyMonument Valley is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation near the town of Goulding. Geology The area is part of the Colorado Plateau. The floor is largely Cutler Red, UtahUtah ( In Detail) (Full size) State nickname: Beehive State Other U. States Capital Salt Lake City Largest City Salt Lake City Governor Olene Walker Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 13th 220,080 km² 212,988 km² 7,092 km² 3. 2% Population Total ( 2000), many starring John Wayne. Others included:

My Darling Clementine

Fort Apache

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Wagonmaster (filmed in Moab)

Rio Grande (filmed in Moab)

The Searchers

Sergeant Rutledge

Cheyenne Autumn

The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

A 1966 remake starred, among others, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin and Bing Crosby.