Dick Harrison describes the mounted police in these novels as effectively "U.S. marshalls in red tunics", with the police "larger than the law" as they impose their own judgments. United States readers perceived the NWMP as part of their own frontier story, with the solitary mounted policeman both part of an organisation and yet still somewhat of a loner. The Canadian tradition embraced much of the imperial British narrative, but also depicts the NWMP as a symbol of wider law, moral authority and right, that Harrison calls "an unseen ideal of order". The mounted police are more civilised in these stories than the settlers they are protecting: brave, disciplined and compassionate. These stories typically focused on the positive themes of hope and pride, rather than any negative elements, reinforcing reinforced the readers' sense of themselves as an heroic people. Michael Marsden describes this narrative as "the story of the winning of the West as it should have been won". Furthermore, particularly in the 1920s, the stories of the NWMP and the white, rural 19th-century prairies was a comforting image for readers. In the face of contemporary fears about threats to social hierarchies, fears of immigrants and other social problems, the myth of the NWMP depicted in these novels was a reassuring symbol. As Laurier commented about "Corporal Connor", it would "preserve a special phase of our national history, and customs which are rapidly passing away". US image wins out by the 1930s. Domestic Canadian popular fiction market collapses in the 1930s due to US competition. During the 1930s and 1940s, the NWMP became the topic of radio broadcasts and films. Radio series such as the "Renfrew of the Mounted" and "Challenge of the Yukon" continued the portrayal of the mounted police as iconic heroes, the latter series translating to television as "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" in the 1950s. Over 250 films were made about the NWMP in the 20th century, including "Rose Marie". The popularity of these finally waned in the 1970s, although this image of the NWMP has influenced late 20th century television portrayals of the modern RCMP, such as the "Due South" series depicted a mounted policeman from the Yukon. Jochen Hägele  Jochen Hägele (born 1974) is a German film and television actor. Hägele has appeared in over 40 television and feature films. He acts in German, French and English. He plays the role of Stilson in "Virtual Revolution", a science fiction film directed and written by Guy-Roger Duvert, which won several awards including best picture at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.