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The Herald Standard Reports:
When John Ford made "Stagecoach" in 1939, the Hollywood director had already been making movies for two decades and had one Oscar (for 1935′s "The Informer") to his credit. Yet he had so little clout in studio-dominated Hollywood that in order to get this Western made, he had to use his own funds to purchase the story on which it is based and then contract with an independent producer, Walter Wanger, to shoot the movie under the auspices of United Artists.
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