Western Movies: The Golden Age, Part 1 :Wagon Master (1950) Directed by John Ford

Shunned by conventional society, the Mormons were among the many pioneers who headed west in search of a better life. Ward Bond leads the wagon train through a poetic landscape toward the promised land of the American dream and its many obstacles. Ford, like the Mormons, often found himself fleeing society (in his case Hollywood) in search of something more lasting and meaningful. This simple adventure was one of Ford’s favorites, he said it was “the closest to what I had wanted to achieve.”