The Pony Express (1925) DVD

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The Pony Express (1925)

Director:

James Cruze

Writers:

Henry James Forman (story), Walter Woods (screenplay)

Stars:

Betty Compson, Ricardo Cortez, Ernest Torrence

Having tackled a wagon train in the immensely popular The Covered Wagon (1922), James Cruze directed this would-be epic centered on the famed Pony Express. This time, however, audiences stayed away in droves. Cruze's old-fashioned staging was foremost to blame. He portrayed pretty vistas but little movement in his epics and Pony Express of course even lacked the novelty aspects that had made "Wagon" a box-office success. Austrian-born Ricardo Cortez starred as a gambler who joins the delivery service during the time of California's impending statehood. There is the obligatory Indian attack and a nasty villain played to the hilt by George Bancroft. Still and all, this silent version is superior in almost all aspects to the even more slow-moving 1953 remake starring Charlton Heston.

Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016235/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1