Wells Fargo (Paramount, 1937)
. Hokum, but that’s OK . . Many Hollywood Westerns, especially in the 1920s and 30s, concentrated on themes of nation-building, cross-continental expansion. There were epic ‘manifest destiny’ films about covered wagons pioneering westward settlement, such as The Covered Wagon and The Big Trail, while other movies focused on communications like the building of the telegraph (Western Union), […]