| 4" x 3" refrigerator magnet features a promotional poster for the 1923 silent movie, The Covered Wagon. The film depicts pioneers traveling by wagon train from Kansas to Oregon around 1840.
The film was based on a novel by Emerson Hough, adapted by Jack Cunningham, and produced by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation for Paramount Pictures.
James Cruze directed. J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Alan Hale, Ernest Torrence and Tully Marshall starred.
For a great 1923 account of the film's production that appeared in Photoplay, check The Silent Film Bookshelf. The film has been converted to VHS and DVD.
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J. Warren Kerrigan and Lois Wilson
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