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How the West Was Won is an epic 1962 western film which follows four generations of a family (starting as the Prescotts) as they move ever westward, from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean. The date of the film is stated between 1839 and 1889. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 404 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (509 × 755 pixel, file size: 98 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work depicted. ...
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Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. ...
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The all-star cast included Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, and Richard Widmark. Carroll Baker, born on May 28, 1931, is a Golden Globe Award winning and Oscar nominated American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the sixties, a movie sex symbol. ...
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The movie consists of five segments, three directed by Henry Hathaway ("The Rivers", "The Plains" and "The Outlaws"), and one each by John Ford ("The Civil War") and George Marshall ("The Railroad"), with transitional sequences by the uncredited Richard Thorpe. The screenplay was written by John Gay (uncredited) and James R. Webb. Popular western author Louis L'Amour wrote a book based on the screenplay.[1] Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. ...
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Plot summary
The Rivers (1830s) Mountain man Linus Rawlings (James Stewart) is returning to civilization to trade his furs when he meets a group of settlers heading west, led by Zebulon Prescott (Karl Malden). His daughter Eve (Carroll Baker) is attracted to Linus, but he isn't ready to settle down and leaves. Liver-Eating Johnson The Mountain Men is also the name of a 1980 movie starring Charlton Heston. ...
Linus stops at an isolated trading post run by a clan headed by "Colonel" Hawkins (Walter Brennan). The frontiersman finds out too late that all is not what it seems; he is knocked unconscious, robbed and left for dead. Fortunately, he escapes and rescues the Prescott party from a similar fate. The bushwacking thieves are dispatched with rough frontier justice. Walter Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was a three time Academy Award winning American actor. ...
The settlers continue down the river, but their raft is caught in some rapids, and Zebulon and his wife Rebecca (Agnes Moorehead) drown. Linus, finding that he cannot live without Eve, reappears and marries her, even though she insists on homesteading at the spot where her parents died. A rapid is a section of a river where it loses elevation over a relatively short distance (that is, the stream gradient is locally steepened), causing an increase in water flow and (usually) turbulence. ...
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The Plains (1850s) Eve's sister Lily (Debbie Reynolds) chooses to go to St. Louis, where she finds work performing in a dance hall. She attracts the attention of professional gambler Cleve Van Valen (Gregory Peck). After overhearing that she has just inherited a California gold mine (and to avoid paying his debts), he joins the wagon train that will take her there. He and wagon train master Roger Morgan (Robert Preston) court her along the way, but she turns them both down, much to the dismay of her new friend and fellow traveler Agatha Clegg (Thelma Ritter). The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ...
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Surviving an attack by the Cheyenne Indians, Lily and Cleve arrive at the mine, only to find that it is now worthless. Despite this, Cleve decides he wants to marry her anyway. They settle down in the rapidly growing San Francisco. Cheyenne lodges with buffalo meat drying, 1870 For other uses, see Cheyenne (disambiguation). ...
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The Civil War (1861~1865) Eve has already lost her husband to the American Civil War. Despite her wishes, their son Zeb (George Peppard) joins the Union army as well. The bloody Battle of Shiloh shows him that war is nothing like he imagined. He encounters a Confederate who is similarly disillusioned who suggests desertion, which Zeb considers. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Ulysses S. Grant, Don Carlos Buell Albert Sidney Johnston †, P.G.T. Beauregard Strength Army of West Tennessee (48,894), Army of the Ohio (17,918)[1] Army of Mississippi (44,699)[1] Casualties 13,047: 1,754 killed, 8...
By chance, they overhear a private conversation between Generals Ulysses S. Grant (Harry Morgan) and William Tecumseh Sherman (John Wayne). The rebel realizes he has the opportunity to rid the South of two of its greatest enemies and tries to shoot them, leaving Zeb no choice, but to kill him. Afterwards, Zeb rejoins his regiment. Ulysses S. Grant[2] (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877). ...
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With the end of the war, he returns home, only to find his parents have died. He gives his share of the family farm to his brother and leaves for a more active life.
The Railroad (1860s) Following the daring riders from the Pony Express and the construction of the transcontinental telegraph line in the early 1860s, the two competing railroad lines, the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad, bring to the territory new settlers. Frank E. Webner, pony express rider c. ...
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Zeb becomes a lieutenant in the U.S. cavalry, keeping peace with the Indians with the help of buffalo hunter Jethro Stuart (Henry Fonda), who was Linus' old friend at one time. When ruthless railroad man Mike King (Richard Widmark) violates a treaty by building on Indian territory, the Sioux Indians retaliate by stampeding buffalo through his camp. Disgusted, Zeb resigns and heads to Arizona after a brief visit to Jethro. The Sioux (IPA ) are a Native American and First Nations people. ...
The Outlaws (1880s) In San Francisco, now-widowed Lily auctions Cleve's estate (who has become a railroad tycoon) to pay the debts. She decides to move to Arizona, hoping that Zeb and his family will help her oversee her ranch there.
Zeb (now a marshal), his wife Julie (Carolyn Jones) and their children are visited by Lily. With the help of the city's marshal (Lee J. Cobb), he foils a robbery of a train by an old enemy, Charlie Gant (Eli Wallach), and his gang. Finally Lily and the Rawlings travel to their new home.
Cast Carroll Baker, born on May 28, 1931, is a Golden Globe Award winning and Oscar nominated American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the sixties, a movie sex symbol. ...
Lee J. Cobb Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American actor. ...
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. ...
Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1930 — August 3, 1983) was an American actress, she is best remembered for playing the role of Morticia Addams in the classic TV Series The Addams Family. ...
Karl Malden (born on March 22, 1912) is an Emmy Award-winning, Oscar-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, known for his expansive manner. ...
Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. ...
George Peppard, Jr. ...
Robert Preston (1918 - 1987) was an American actor. ...
Debbie Reynolds (born April 1, 1932) is an American actress, dancer and singer. ...
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing screen persona. ...
Eli Herschel Wallach (born December 7, 1915) is an American film, TV and stage actor. ...
John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning, American film actor. ...
William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. ...
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Awards and nominations The movie won Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Sound and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay — Written Directly for the Screen (James R. Webb). It was also nominated for Academy Award for Best Art Direction — Set Decoration, Color; Best Cinematography, Color; Best Costume Design, Color; Best Music, Score — Substantially Original (Alfred Newman and Ken Darby); and Best Picture. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...
The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ...
The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most aesthetic sound mixing or recording, and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers and re-recording mixers of the winning film. ...
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The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his work in one particular motion picture. ...
This Academy Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies. ...
The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. ...
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Ken Darby is an Academy Award winning composer, he has shared in winning an Academy Award for Original Music Score 3 times and being nominated for three others: Awarded Scoring of a Musical Picture The King and I (1956) (with Alfred Newman) Nominated Scoring of a Musical Picture Gigi (1958...
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The film has also been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...
Production
 A scene showing the visible joins resulting from the three-strip Cinerama process. How the West was Won is one of only two feature films (the other being The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm) made using the three-strip Cinerama process, and suffers from that process's technical shortcomings. When shown on television in a Cinemascope print made from the original three-strip version, the joins between the three frames are clearly and sometimes glaringly visible; when seen in letterbox format the actors' faces are nearly indistinguishable in long shots. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Cinerama is the trademarked name for a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146° of arc, and for the corporation which was formed to market it. ...
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) is a Cinerama film directed by Henry Levin, who had a long career throughout his life with movies such as Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) and the television series Knots Landing in the late 1970s and early 1990s. ...
Cinerama is the trademarked name for a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146° of arc, and for the corporation which was formed to market it. ...
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Stuntman Bob Morgan, husband of Yvonne De Carlo, was severely injured and lost a leg during an accident while filming.[2] ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...
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