Tuesday Movie Trivia - Stagecoach  CowboySpirit.TV - One of the
earliest Western movies with sound to entrance American
audiences, John Ford’s 1939 Stagecoach starred a young John
Wayne, Claire Trevor, and Andy Devine in a story about a group
of individuals thrown together for a mad adventure in the
American West. Still held by many fans of Western movies as one
of the best films in the genre, Stagecoach is remembered for its
cast and riveting story as much for its foibles.  Stagecoach
Little Known Facts  A local shaman told John Ford he would
conjure the exact type of clouds Ford desired to have in the
movie; legend has it, the shaman’s promise came true.  Claire
Trevor made more for the film than John Wayne; in fact, only
John Carradine made less than Wayne for this movie.  It’s
rumored that Orson Welles watched Stagecoach as many as forty
times while he was filming his own classic, Citizen Kane.
Ford’s signature “dead man’s hand” appears in the poker game at
the end of the movie; Luke Plummer wields the h