Stagecoach

 


I wish I could tell my dad I changed my mind about John Wayne. He was his favorite actor and I told him he was horrible. In Stagecoach he's as beautiful as Claire Trevor/Stella Dallas, the proverbial hooker with the heart of gold who takes care of the newborn baby and has a great updo and tailored plaid dress and gives Wayne a rifle when he most needs it. The music is great, Monument Valley is great ... those things - I have to look up what they're called - those mountains with flat tops ***  - they're beautiful, too. I saw them when my friends and I drove from Flagstaff to Telluride for the film festival. We did it a few times - the last - in 1995. I love Andy Devines raspy, screechy voice. And all the fab closeups of fab faces. What a great movie. Watch it. You'll see.


*** Buttes are isolated, steep-sided, flat-topped towers of rock formed by the erosion of mesas or plateaus. They are taller than they are wide. They're protected by a hard top layer called caprock that resists erosion, while softer rock underneath wears away.



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