According to Thomas Schatz, Ford claimed that his inspiration in expanding Stagecoach beyond the barebones plot given in " The Stage to Lordsburg " was his familiarity with another short story, " Boule de Suif " by Guy de Maupassant.

* Stagecoach History: Stage Lines to California

John Ford said that his 1939 film Stagecoach was " really Boule de Suif " and McBride attributes the " film's sharp social criticism " to its being " more deeply influence by Maupassant " than by Ernest Haycox's 1937 short story " The Stage to Lordsburg " that established the framework of the film itself ..

This set the stage for the feud between the Donnelly Stagecoach and the Flanagan & Crawly Stage — the Stagecoach Feud, as it came to be known.

TOCs may use what they like: examples include Futura ( Stagecoach Group ), Helvetica ( FirstGroup and National Express ), Frutiger ( Arriva Trains Wales ), Bliss ( CrossCountry, an Arriva franchise but not branded as such ), and a modified version of Precious by London Midland.

Since deregulation the majority ( 80 % by the late 1990s ) of these local bus companies have been taken over by one of the " Big Five " private transport companies: Arriva ( part of Deutsche Bahn AG ), First Group, Go-Ahead Group, National Express Group ( owners of National Express ) and Stagecoach Group.

The main shopping precinct is served by First in Hampshire & Dorset bus routes 40 / X40, 41, 45 and 45A, and Stagecoach services 37 and 39.

Havant railway station is served by Stagecoach service 39, and stations in Portsmouth by First services 40 / X40, 41, 45 and 45A.

Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role.

The film's copyright ( originally by Walter Wanger Productions ) was renewed by 20th Century Fox, who produced a later 1966 remake of Stagecoach.

By the late 1930s the Western film was widely regarded as a ' pulp ' genre in Hollywood, but its popularity was dramatically revived in 1939 by the release of John Ford's landmark Western adventure Stagecoach, which became one of the biggest hits of the year released though United Artists, and made John Wayne a mainstream screen star in the wake of a decade of headlining B westerns.

Pickens appeared in dozens of films, including Old Oklahoma Plains ( 1952 ), Down Laredo Way ( 1953 ), One-Eyed Jacks ( 1961 ) with Marlon Brando, Dr. Strangelove ( 1964 ), Major Dundee ( 1965 ) with Charlton Heston, the remake of Stagecoach ( 1966 ; Pickens played the driver, portrayed in the 1939 film by Andy Devine ), Never a Dull Moment ( 1968 ), The Cowboys ( 1972 ) with John Wayne, Ginger in the Morning ( 1974 ) with Fred Ward, Blazing Saddles ( 1974 ), Poor Pretty Eddy ( 1975 ), Rancho Deluxe ( 1975 ), The Getaway with Steve McQueen, Tom Horn ( 1980 ), also with McQueen, An Eye for an Eye ( 1966 ) and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ( 1973 ) in a small but memorable role.

Bus There are a number of bus services provided by Stagecoach South West, First Devon and Cornwall, and Beacon Bus:

When John Ford ’ s production of Stagecoach pulled into town in 1938 ( a Sedona connection that has eluded historians since the film was made ), it set off three solid decades of A-picture activity — forty-four features through 1973, helped along by the construction of Sedona Lodge, the only permanent boarding and production facility ever built specifically for movie crews on remote location in the United States.

*" Middletown: As a Prime Stagecoach Stop, the Community Saw Much of Its Activity Centered on Two Thriving Inns " — Article by Kay Stewart of The Courier-Journal

Local transport in and around the town is provided by Stagecoach Western, and three locally based companies, James King Coaches, Irvine and McCulloch's Coaches.

Bus services are provided by Stagecoach in Huntingdonshire and Whippet coaches, the former also having its depot near the town.

Regular local buses are provided by Stagecoach in Huntingdonshire and Go Whippet.

Farnham is served by several bus routes, with the majority of buses originating from Aldershot bus station and provided by Stagecoach.

On weekdays during term times, a number of school services are run by either Eastonways or Stagecoach.

Local bus services to Oxford and the surrounding areas are run by Stagecoach Oxfordshire, Thames Travel, the Oxford Bus Company and smaller independent companies.

Local bus services are provided by Brighton and Hove Buses, Stagecoach and a local town route is operated by Compass Travel

An initial offer from the Plaxton management to buy the coach segment of the company was rejected by the receiver, but was later accepted when a senior TransBus manager and a consortium from Scotland composed of Brian Souter, owner of Stagecoach Group, his sister Ann Gloag, David Murray and Noble Grossart, agreed to buy the Alexander Dennis portion of the company.

This coming weekend they have reserved the entire Stagecoach Inn and adjoining country club, Saledo, for festivities.

Stagecoach Days is the theme for the weekend on the Old Chisholm Trail.

Stagecoach driver Bill Turner, who drove the route for the Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express, told the Colorado Transcript in 1909 how and when this changed:

At the time, the Chicago Tribunes movie critic, Michael Wilmington, called Hell's Hinges " Hart's acknowledged masterpiece ," " perhaps the finest movie Western made before John Ford's 1939 Stagecoach ," and " as emotionally powerful as any American film of the teens, except for the masterpieces of D. W. Griffith and Erich Von Stroheim.

* Stagecoach ( East London Bus ) runs Transport for London route 372 from Lakeside to Hornchurch.

Harpers Ferry hosted a post office for Star Route pony express, a mill for grinding grain, a wayside station for the Stagecoach, and a few stores.

* Mary Fields a. k. a. " Stagecoach Mary ", the first black woman to work for the United States Postal Service, was so popular in the town in the early 20th century that schools closed every year on her birthday.

Prior to the post office inside the city of Carlton, Wilson Carl, owned the original Post Office, Stagecoach stop, and Blacksmith shop, for the area, about 7 miles West of Carlton, and his home was known as Mountain House.

222 Doncaster-Conisbrough-Denaby Main-Mexborough ( change at Mexborough for onward connections to Swinton, Wath Upon Dearne, Wombwell & Barnsley ) 30 minutes Stagecoach

On 20 August 2008 the Department for Transport shortlisted Abellio, Govia, National Express and Stagecoach for the new South Central franchise.

On 20 August 2008 the Department for Transport shortlisted Abellio, Govia, National Express, NedRail and Stagecoach for the new South Central franchise.

On 29 March 2012 the Department for Transport announced Abellio, First, Govia, MTR and Stagecoach have been shortlisted for the new Thameslink Southern Great Northern franchise.

Virgin Rail Group bid for a number of rail franchises being awarded the InterCity West Coast franchise after beating Sea Containers and Stagecoach.

Churchill is perhaps best known for his role as Gatewood, the absconding banker in John Ford's highly acclaimed 1939 film Stagecoach, starring John Wayne.

Stagecoach acquired the company from Yorkshire Traction in 2005, and has come under fire for operating the service poorly.

On 20 December 2005 the Department for Transport announced that Arriva, First, MTR / Sea Containers, National Express and Stagecoach had been shortlisted to tender for the new South Western franchise which combined the South West Trains and Island Line Trains franchises, National Express later pulling out.

Writing for The Criterion Collection in 2001, Armond White said " The Hidden Fortress holds a place in cinema history comparable to John Ford's Stagecoach: It lays out the plot and characters of an on-the-road epic of self-discovery and heroic action.

( Primary Author ) Taking Center Stage: A Commitment to Standards-Based Education for California's Middle Grades Students.

Taking the Stage, a musical reality show documenting the lives of high school students at the School for Creative and Performing Arts, premiered on MTV in March 2009.

* Taking the Stage

In 2009 the school was the subject of the MTV reality television series Taking the Stage.

* Anna-Lisa Flinchbaugh-known mostly for appearances in several television ads and for her role on MTV's Taking The Stage