Title: The Covered Wagon. A James Cruze Production (Adapted by James Cunningham from the Novel by Emerson Hough. Woods Theatre, Chicago, Program)
Description: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, 1923. 1923. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, 1923. 1923. Very good. - Small quarto [ 6 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide], color pictorial self- wraps. 8 stapled pages. Profuse color illustrations. The page corners are slightly bumped. There is a light crease to the last leaf & some light soiling to the last page. There are small stains around the staples on each page. The illustrations are bright and clean. Very good.
"The Covered Wagon" is a 1923 American silent western released by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Cruze, based on a novel by Emerson Hough about a group of pioneers traveling through the old West from Kansas to Oregon. The leads were played by J. Warren Kerrigan and Lois Wilson. Apart from the credits and details of the Chicago engagement on the first and last pages, the program describes spectacular highlights of the film and promises the audience unprecedented thrills and romance racing "with hurricane swiftness". The film was the most popular movie of 1923 in the U.S. and Canada.
Rare program. Very good .
Keywords: FILM; SILENT FILM; WESTERNS; MOVIE; SILENT WESTERN; AMERICAN FILM; THE COVERED WAGON; OLD WEST; PIONEERS; CHICAGO PROGRAM; PARAMOUNT PICTURES; JAMES CRUZE, DIRECTOR; J. WARREN KERRIGAN; LOIS WILSON; ILLUSTRATIONS.
- Book number: 31392
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