Recommended reading - Stage to Lordsburg

Stage to Lordsburg

by Ernest Haycox.

Filmed as Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford.

Short story.
First published 1937.Published by Fantasy and Horror Classics.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1447404130
ISBN-13: 978-1447404132

Description:

Ernest Haycox's 1937 short story, Stage to Lordsburg, was a bestseller and a classic of the Western genre. Popularized by the 1939 film adaptation Stagecoach, this Wild West tale vividly portrays Haycox's setting and characters.

Stage to Lordsburg follows a collection of characters as they journey from Tonto, Arizona Territory, to Lordsburg, New Mexico. A series of dangers and perils face the colorful group as they embark on the uncomfortable trip. Ernest Haycox presents a number of cliché Western characters and the point of view shifts between them as the short story progresses. This masterful tale by Ernest Haycox, a prolific writer of Western fiction, is not to be missed by fans of old cowboy narratives.

On this day in movie history - Stagecoach (1939)

Stagecoach

directed by John Ford,

written by Dudley Nichols and Ben Hecht,

based on the short story Stage to Lordsburg by Ernest Haycox,

was released in the United States on February 2, 1939.

Music by Gerard Carbonara.

Cast:

Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler, Dorothy Appleby, Frank Baker, Chief John Big Tree, Ted Billings, Wiggie Blowne, Danny Borzage, Ed Brady, Fritzi Brunette, Yakima Canutt, Nora Cecil, Steve Clemente, Bill Cody, Jack Curtis, Marga Ann Deighton, Patricia Doyle, Tex Driscoll, Johnny Eckert, Franklyn Farnum, Francis Ford, Brenda Fowler, Olin Francis, Helen Gibson, Don Hawks, Robert Homans, William Hopper, George Huggins, Si Jenks, Cornelius Keefe, Florence Lake, Al Lee, Duke R. Lee, Theodore Lorch, Chris-Pin Martin, Jim Mason, Louis Mason, Merrill McCormick, J.P. McGowan, Walter McGrail, Paul McVey, Jack Mohr, Kent Odell, Artie Ortego, Vester Pegg, Jack Pennick, Chris Phillips, Joe Rickson, Buddy Roosevelt, Elvira Ríos, Mickey Simpson, Margaret Smith, Chuck Stubbs, Harry Tenbrook, Leonard Trainor, Dorothy Vernon, Mary Kathleen Walker, Blackjack Ward, Bryant Washburn, Whitehorse, Hank Worden.

Born on this day – John Ford:

John Ford

Director

February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973

Credits:

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On this day in movie history - The Quiet Man (1952)

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directed by John Ford,

written by Frank S. Nugent,

was released in the United States on September 14, 1952.

Based on the short story by Maurice Walsh, originally published in the Saturday Evening Post (1933).

Narrated by Ward Bond.

Music by Victor Young.

Cast:

John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond, Mildred Natwick, Francis Ford, Arthur Shields, Eileen Crowe, Charles FitzSimons, James Fitzsimons, Sean McClory, Emily Eby, Jack MacGowran, Philip Stainton, May Craig, Paddy O'Donnell, Eric Gorman, Kevin Lawless, Joseph O'Dea, Tony Canzoneri, Frank Baker, Ruth Clifford, Maureen Coyne, Mimi Doyle, Ken Curtis, Douglas Evans, Charles Ferguson, Robert Foy, Sam Harris, D.R.O. Hatswell, John Horan, David Hughes, Billy Jones, Tiny Jones, Colin Kenny, Patrick Wayne, Michael Wayne, Toni Wayne, Melinda Wayne, Mae Marsh, Jim Morrin, Jim McVeigh, Harry Tenbrook, Harry Tyler, Al Murphy, Hank Worden, Michael O'Brian, Pat O'Malley, Frank O'Connor, Web Overlander, Bob Perry, Darla Ridgeway, Freddy Ridgeway, Philip Stainton, Jack Roper, Brick Sullivan.

On this day in movie history - Donovan’s Reef (1963)

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directed by John Ford,

written by Frank S. Nugent and James Edward Grant,

based on a story by Edmund Beloin,

was released in the United States on June 12, 1963.

Music by Cyril Mockridge.

Cast:

John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden, Cesar Romero, Dick Foran, Dorothy Lamour, Marcel Dalio, Mike Mazurki, Jacqueline Malouf, Cherylene Lee, Jeffrey Byron, Edgar Buchanan, Jon Fong, John Alderson, Frank Baker, Clyde Cook, Carmen Estrabeau, Harold Fong, Dan Ford, H.W. Gim, Duke Green, Frank Hagney, Sam Harris, Tom Harris, Freda Jones, June Y. Kim, Richard Kipling, Carl M. Leviness, King Lockwood, Cliff Lyons, Mae Marsh, Michelle Mazurki, Midori, Ron Nyman, Yvonne Peattie, John Qualen, Branscombe Richmond, Chuck Roberson, Scott Seaton, Charles Seel, Leslie Sketchley, John Stafford, Sara Taft, Ralph Volkie, Aissa Wayne, Patrick Wayne, Lee Woodd.

On this day in movie history - The Searchers (1956)

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directed by John Ford,

written by Frank S. Nugent,

based on the novel by Alan Le May,

was released in the United States on May 26, 1956.

Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

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