A new era is born.

OGUNQUIT, Maine—It was the first major Hollywood production to establish the Western as a serious and enduring genre. It was 'The Covered Wagon' (1923), an epic adventure film that would go on to be ...

THE western grew up with 1923’s “The Covered Wagon,” a sprawling epic about the settling of the Wild West in the late 19th century that was shot on location in Utah and Nevada with a cast of thousands ...