Watch The Iron Horse (1924) Free Online

Release Date: 1924

Cast: J. Farrell MacDonald, Cyril Chadwick, George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy

Categories: Movies, Black-And-White, Silent Film, Epic Western, Action/Adventure, Drama Film, Western, Indie

The Iron Horse is a silent film directed by John Ford in 1924 and produced by Fox Film. In 2011, it was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The film presents an idealized image of the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. There is a note in the title before this scene that the two original locomotives from 1869 event are used in the film, although this is false - both engines (Union Pacific No. 119 and Jupiter) were scrapped before 1910. Of... MORE

The Iron Horse is a silent film directed by John Ford in 1924 and produced by Fox Film. In 2011, it was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The film presents an idealized image of the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. There is a note in the title before this scene that the two original locomotives from 1869 event are used in the film, although this is false - both engines (Union Pacific No. 119 and Jupiter) were scrapped before 1910. Of course, a romantic story with love, treachery and revenge is also here. Main stars were George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. In December 2011, The Iron Horse was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. In choosing the film, the Registry said that The Iron Horse "introduced to American and world audiences a reverential, elegiac mythology that has influenced many subsequent Westerns." The film is currently available on DVD in America in its full-length US version (accompanied by the truncated UK version). A forthcoming September 2011 release of The Iron Horse on DVD LESS