The Iron Horse

1924 film by John Ford
Movie film Q477852
The Iron Horse
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The Iron Horse

Summary

The Iron Horse is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (161 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Iron Horse is the creator of John Ford[3].
  • The Iron Horse's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • The Iron Horse was directed by John Ford[5].
  • Charles Kenyon wrote the screenplay for The Iron Horse[6].
  • The Iron Horse's composer is recorded as Ernö Rapée[7].
  • The Iron Horse's genre is Western film[8].
  • The Iron Horse's genre is silent film[9].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was George O'Brien[10].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Madge Bellamy[11].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was J. Farrell MacDonald[12].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was James Welch[13].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Francis Powers[14].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Gladys Hulette[15].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Jean Arthur[16].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was George Brent[17].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Peggy Cartwright[18].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Sid Jordan[19].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Delbert Mann[20].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was John B. O'Brien[21].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Jack Richardson[22].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Harold D. Schuster[23].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Cyril Chadwick[24].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Fred Kohler[25].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was George Waggner[26].
  • A cast member of The Iron Horse was Willie Fung[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Iron Horse was produced by John Ford[28]. It was directed by John Ford[5]. Charles Kenyon wrote the screenplay for it[6]. Cast members include George O'Brien[10], Madge Bellamy[11], J. Farrell MacDonald[12], James Welch[13], Francis Powers[14], and Gladys Hulette[15]. It is the creator of John Ford[3].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1924[29], August 28, 1924[30], May 31, 1925[31], October 4, 1925[32], and April 12, 1926[33]. The original language of The Iron Horse was English[34]. Genres include Western film[8] and silent film[9]. It is part of National Film Registry[35].

Reception

Reviews include 7.2/10[36] and 75%[37].

Why It Matters

The Iron Horse ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (161 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] . moma.org. moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . wikidata.org.
  29. [36] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [37] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 the-iron-horse
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14551]]: the-iron-horse, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295965743|The Iron Horse (#295965743)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|Il cinema"
  2. 7d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer William S. Darling
    Publication date +1924-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1924-08-28T00:00:00Z, +1925-05-31T00:00:00Z +2
    Screenwriter Charles Kenyon
    Part of National Film Registry
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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