# Just saw Stagecoach and loved it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-stagecoach-and-loved-it/634797 "2012-09-15T16:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smokey78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-stagecoach-and-loved-it/634797/1 "2012-09-15T16:46:43Z")
The 1939 one.The only thing I knew of it before seeing it was that it made John Wayne a star. My favorite scene was the bandana one where he slowly looks up at Claire Trevor’s Dallas. Yum. Dunno why I was expecting a sad ending. It ended gloriously. Also thought Mrs. Mallory would join up with the Southern gambler played by John Carradine (and she didn’t see that he was trying to shoot her). Was it eclipsed that year by Gone with The Wind? (at that time) ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-stagecoach-and-loved-it/634797/2 "2012-09-15T17:01:41Z")
Bogdanovich has a pretty good article about the mass of great flicks from 1939 iirc. Good for you watching this great movie. You’ll probably end up seeing it a hundred times and finding something new and exciting at every go through. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-stagecoach-and-loved-it/634797/3 "2012-09-15T17:41:28Z")
> [@smokey78](#): > > Was it eclipsed that year by Gone with The Wind? (at that time) _Gone with the Wind_ was a huge hit but it wasn’t really a factor in regards to _Stagecoach_. _Stagecoach_ came out in February and had left the theatres by the time _Gone with the Wind_ premiered in December. _Stagecoach_ did well when it was released and it was a critical success. But it wasn’t a blockbuster. It was sort of the equivalent of a Coen brothers movie - the people who saw it thought it was great but it was something of a niche film. It wasn’t even the top western of that year: _Dodge City_ and _Jesse James_ sold more tickets. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-stagecoach-and-loved-it/634797/4 "2012-09-15T18:27:44Z")
Well done. I own it and watch it every couple of months. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-stagecoach-and-loved-it/634797/5 "2012-09-15T20:36:36Z")
It not only launched his career, but was the first in a long line of Wayne films wherein there was a female lead who had the name of a city or state. At times it’s hard to tell them apart. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-stagecoach-and-loved-it/634797/6 "2012-09-16T12:17:08Z")
Amazing cast, fantastic scenery, great action/stunts, and John Ford as director. What more could anyone ask in a movie? ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-stagecoach-and-loved-it/634797/7 "2012-09-16T12:34:31Z")
> [@smokey78](#): > > My favorite scene was the bandana one where he slowly looks up at Claire Trevor’s Dallas. Yum. Her Dallas? Is that what the kids are calling it these days? (Sorry. Back on topic, yes it’s a great movie.) ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-stagecoach-and-loved-it/634797/8 "2012-09-18T22:55:58Z")
I know what you mean! I never “got” John Wayne until I saw that movie. My favorite scene is where he hails the stagecoach. What an entrance!