“DANGER HOLDS THE REINS!”
See the legendary John Wayne in his breakthrough role in John Ford’s 1939 western classic “STAGECOACH” on the silver screen at the historic Cliftex Theatre in Clifton
By E. BRETT VOSS
Bosque Film Society Founding Board President
“If there’s anything I don’t like, It’s driving a stagecoach through Apache country.”
The Bosque Film Society cordially invites all members to attend its monthly members-only FILM APPRECIATION NIGHT featuring the 1939 breakthrough role for the legendary John Wayne in John Ford’s western classic “STAGECOACH” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28 at The Cliftex Theatre in Clifton with an introductory presentation by Bosque Film Society co-founder and board president Brett Voss.
Delivering the classic western that truly started it all, a simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The passengers on the coach include a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client’s money, and the famous Ringo Kid, among others.
Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Interior Decoration, Best Film Editing, Best Supporting Actor (won) and Best Score (won), Stagecoach was Ford’s first sound Western and elevated the genre in both critical praise and popularity.
Long recognized as an important work that transcends the Western genre, the film was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry in 1995. Still, Stagecoach has not avoided controversy over its depiction of Native Americans as simplistic savages, like most Westerns of the era.
Every month, the Bosque Film Society hosts its members-only FILM APPRECIATION NIGHT featuring classic films chosen by its members every December. In 2023, the monthly schedule will close out with the 4th Annual Christmas Party featuring Judy Garland’s Christmas musical Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) Dec.19. But prior to the film screening, members will participate in a live voting presented on the big screen to select the films for 2024.
Since this will be a private showing, BYOB will be allowed, and the theatre concession stand will be open for purchases. Although the event will be closed to the public, those wishing to become Bosque Film Society members Tuesday night will be admitted.
Established in October 2020, the Bosque Film Society is a non-profit organization focused on promoting film appreciation, education and production in Bosque County, Texas while serving as the “Friends of The Cliftex Theatre,” the longest continuously-operating movie theater in Texas, showing movies on the big screen since 1916.
If you want to watch all of our members-only FILM APPRECIATION NIGHT presentations absolutely FREE at the historic Cliftex Theatre, don’t miss another opportunity to see a film classic return to the silver screen by visiting our website to check out the benefits and reasons for joining the Bosque Film Society in 2024 at: https://bosquefilm.com/membership/
“Well, I guess you can’t break out of prison and into society in the same week.”
- John Wayne as The Ringo Kid