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The Iron Horse is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and produced by Fox Film. [2] It was a major milestone in Ford's career, and his lifelong connection to the Western film genre.
The Iron Horse: Directed by John Ford. With George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick. After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown-up Brandon helps to realize his father's dream of a transcontinental railway.
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The epic western about the construction of the transcontinental railroad which made John Ford famous. See review and synopsis at:...
Dec 2, 2023 · The Iron Horse is a complex film that celebrates diversity but also endorses empire and hegemony, reflecting the contradictions of America's history. John Ford is recognized...
In Springfield, the surveyor Brandon dreams on building the first transcontinental railroad while his skeptical friend Thomas Marsh, who is a small constructor, believes he is nothing but a dreamer chasing a rainbow; their children Davy Brandon and Miriam Marsh are best friends.
Madge Bellamy as Miriam Marsh, grown into a dark-haired beauty in The Iron Horse (1924) Review: John Ford’s first epic includes memorable scenes of Indians trying to lasso a train engine, the herculean task of dragging trains up mountains using horsepower and manpower, and the dismantling and rebuilding of rail-head towns as the tracks move West.
