50 Fun Facts About 1923

Who created the Yellowstone prequel 1923?

Taylor Sheridan cast his leads before writing a word: he invited each star to his ranch and asked them to commit with no script to read.

On which streaming service did 1923 premiere?

Paramount+ carries the prequels, yet Yellowstone's own US streaming rights went to rival Peacock in a deal announced in 2020 that the company's chief later called unfortunate.

Which actress plays Cara Dutton, the family matriarch in 1923?

Helen Mirren asked to give Cara an Irish accent, arguing that western settlers were often recent immigrants who would not have sounded like modern Americans.

Besides running the ranch, Jacob Dutton holds which powerful office in 1923?

Livestock commissioner Jacob rules against Banner Creighton's herders at a hearing in the premiere, and the grudge grows into the range war that runs through the series.

1923 picks up the Dutton family story from which earlier Yellowstone prequel?

1883 was written as a complete story with an ending, so the extra episodes its streamer announced were dropped and a new series set forty years later followed.

Which Dutton narrates 1923 in voice-over?

Elsa Dutton died at the end of the first prequel, so actress Isabel May returns only as a voice, narrating her family's story from beyond the grave.

Who plays Spencer Dutton in 1923?

Brandon Sklenar deliberately bulked up for season two, reasoning that Spencer should look imposing after months spent shovelling coal on a steamship.

In season two of 1923, Alexandra sails to America from which country?

England is where her family took her back after season one; she crosses the Atlantic alone and pregnant to find Spencer.

How does Donald Whitfield gain a hold over the Dutton ranch in 1923's first finale?

Whitfield pays its property taxes, then tells the Duttons that unless they repay him by the end of the year, the ranch becomes his.

Which Terminator 2 star plays Sheriff William McDowell, the Duttons' ally in 1923?

Robert Patrick's T-1000 only disguised itself as a police officer; in 1923 he wears a badge for real as the sheriff who stands by the Duttons.

When 1923 opens, Spencer Dutton is hunting big game in which African country?

Kenya is where Spencer, haunted by the First World War, hires himself out to hunt man-eating predators rather than go home to Montana.

Banner Creighton, the Duttons' adversary, is a sheepherder of what nationality?

Scottish herders led by Creighton push their starving flocks onto other ranchers' grass during a drought, the trespass that sets off their war with the Duttons.

In 1923, Donald Whitfield covets the Duttons' valley after making his fortune in which industry?

Mining made Whitfield rich, but his plan for the Duttons' land is tourism: he pitches investors a ski resort in the middle of their ranch.

In 1923, what does Alexandra walk away from to join Spencer Dutton on his next hunt?

Her engagement ends on the spot: soon after meeting Spencer on safari, Alexandra leaves her aristocratic fiancé to follow the hunter to his next job.

In 1923, Teonna Rainwater belongs to which Native American nation?

Crow, or Apsáalooke, is Teonna's nation; her storyline was drawn from the real government-funded, church-run schools built to strip Native children of their culture.

Who plays Teonna Rainwater in 1923?

Aminah Nieves had played only small and background parts before this role, and has said she had $21 in her bank account when she was cast.

Why is Jack Dutton's wedding to Elizabeth postponed in the 1923 premiere?

A cattle drive comes first: with drought killing the grass, Jack must help move the herd to higher ground, leaving Cara to smooth things over with the bride's family.

What job does Zane Davis hold on the Dutton ranch in 1923?

Foreman Zane Davis comes home in season two with a brain injury from a beating in custody, and a doctor has to drill into his skull to relieve the pressure.

In season two of 1923, which animal's bite forces Elizabeth to endure a course of rabies shots?

A wolf that had slaughtered the ranch's chickens bites her, and the pain of the injections is how the family discovers she is pregnant.

Who marries Spencer and Alexandra in season one of 1923?

A ship's captain marries them at sea after rescuing them from their capsized tugboat, and offers his own wife's ring for the ceremony.

Which old Montana boomtown doubled for Bozeman in the filming of 1923?

Butte's historic Uptown streets doubled for 1920s Bozeman, and the production rented the town's civic centre as its base.

Scenes aboard the liner RMS Majestic were shot on which real ship?

The Queen Mary is a floating hotel docked in Long Beach, California.

Season two of 1923 moved most of its filming from Montana to which state?

Texas hosted most of the shoot: the crew worked from studios in Austin, dressed the small town of Bartlett as Amarillo, and went back to Montana only for location scenes.

What delayed the filming of season two of 1923?

The 2023 Hollywood strikes halted work just as cameras were due to roll in Montana, and the producers paid $200,000 to be released from the lease on their production base.

Harrison Ford and his 1923 on-screen wife first co-starred in which 1986 film?

The Mosquito Coast also cast the pair as a married couple, with Ford as an inventor who drags his family off to the jungles of Central America.

In 1923's first finale, Spencer Dutton is challenged to a shipboard duel with which weapons?

Swords: Spencer wins, but when the loser pulls a gun Spencer throws him overboard, and the dead man's powerful family has Spencer put off the ship.

Michelle Randolph, 1923's Elizabeth, also stars in which series from the same creator?

Landman cast her as Billy Bob Thornton's strong-willed daughter Ainsley, and by the time 1923's finale aired she was back filming that show's second season.

Season two of 1923 reveals the origin of which Yellowstone tradition?

Trips to the train station, Yellowstone's code for dumping a body in a lawless corner of Wyoming, turn out to begin with Donald Whitfield rather than with a Dutton.

Which star of the BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice plays the cruel Sister Mary in 1923?

Jennifer Ehle, the BBC's Elizabeth Bennet, plays a nun so abusive that Teonna finally kills her and flees the boarding school.

In the 1923 premiere, Montana's rangeland is being stripped by drought and swarms of which insects?

Locusts crawl over Jacob and his riders as they survey the ruined grass, and with so little left to graze, ranchers and sheepmen turn on each other.

How does Spencer Dutton reach the stranded Alexandra in the last episode of 1923?

He leaps from a moving train into the snow; although it comes in the last episode, that reunion was the first scene the two stars filmed together for season two.

How does Donald Whitfield meet his end in the last episode of 1923?

Spencer shoots him inside his own mansion with Jacob at his side, and the two leave the house burning as a lesson to others.

Harrison Ford said years of waiting on which delayed film left him wanting more work?

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny took years to start, and Ford says that wait, on top of two idle pandemic years, is why he said yes to 1923.

Harrison Ford said yes to 1923 very soon after signing on to which comedy?

Shrinking came first, with 1923 very quickly after; Ford says he found family strains in the comedy's script that he could relate to.

Which Dutton is killed when Banner Creighton's men ambush the family early in season one of 1923?

John Dutton Sr. dies in a burst of automatic gunfire that also leaves Jacob gravely wounded, which is why Cara writes begging Spencer to come home.

Which Fargo star plays the tugboat skipper Lucca in 1923?

Peter Stormare's Lucca is terminally ill and dies at the wheel during the night, leaving the tug to drift into an abandoned cargo vessel and capsize.

In 1923, Sal Maceo runs a bootlegging operation out of which city?

Galveston's Maceo was a real man: Sam Maceo ran the Gulf city's bootlegging and gambling rackets from clubs such as the Balinese Room.

Which Dexter star plays Marshal Mamie Fossett in 1923?

Jennifer Carpenter's lawwoman is drawn from life: a real Mamie Fossett served as a marshal at a time when women in law enforcement were rare.

Where does Teonna Rainwater head for a fresh start at the end of 1923?

California is her choice once a judge dismisses the murder case for lack of witnesses; with her family dead, she has no home left to return to.

After Jack's death in 1923, the pregnant Elizabeth leaves the ranch for which city?

Boston is where her family lives, and her leaving with Jack's unborn child left fans arguing over which Dutton baby leads to Kevin Costner's rancher in Yellowstone.

Which Yellowstone actor also served as the American Indian affairs coordinator on 1923?

Mo Brings Plenty advised both shows, and season two opens with a tribute to his nephew Cole, who played Pete Plenty Clouds in season one and died in 2024.

Why are Zane and Alice Davis's children kept secret in 1923?

Anti-miscegenation laws were real: Montana banned marriages between white residents and Black or Asian ones from 1909 to 1953, and in the show police arrest Alice and beat Zane.

The creator of 1923 said nobody had enjoyed his creative freedom since which Godfather-era studio chief?

Robert Evans ran the studio when it made The Godfather and Chinatown, and the creator credits Evans with knowing when to trust film-makers and turn them loose.

Which animal charges Spencer Dutton in his first scene in 1923?

A lion rushes him and he drops it in mid-leap, which introduces the hunter for hire before his next job, a man-eating leopard stalking a safari camp.

Before turning to acting, 1923's Julia Schlaepfer trained for years in which discipline?

Ballet came first: she danced with Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet before her high-school drama teacher steered her towards acting.

Which former James Bond plays the ruthless tycoon who covets the Duttons' land in 1923?

Timothy Dalton made only two Bond films: legal disputes kept 007 off screen for six years, and he bowed out before the series returned with GoldenEye.

Which Game of Thrones actor plays Banner Creighton in 1923?

Jerome Flynn, the sellsword Bronn, was a pop star before either role: as half of Robson & Jerome he had three UK number-one singles in the 1990s.

In the opening narration of 1923, how had Margaret Dutton died before Jacob reached Montana?

She froze in a snowdrift, and Jacob arrived a year after her letter to find her two sons half-starved and barely able to speak; he raised them as his own.

Who played James Dutton, Jacob's younger brother, in the earlier Yellowstone prequel?

Tim McGraw's James is dead before 1923 begins, so his widow's plea brings his older brother Jacob west to take over the ranch and raise her sons.

On safari in 1923, which animal wrecks Spencer and Alexandra's car and forces them up a tree?

An elephant overturns their car and Spencer shoots it, but predators close in after dark, so the couple cling to a tree until help arrives from camp.