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Movie poster of 1962's How the West Was Won.

How the West Was Won is an epic 1962 western film which follows several generations of a family (starting as the Prescotts) as they move ever Westwards, from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean. It was displayed in Cinerama. It stars 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, Richard Widmark, Brigid Bazlen, Walter Brennan, David Brian, Andy Devine, Raymond Massey, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Morgan, Thelma Ritter, Mickey Shaughnessy, Russ Tamblyn and Spencer Tracy. Image File history File links 1962. ... Image File history File links 1962. ... See also: 1961 in film 1962 1963 in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years. ... See also: 1961 in film 1962 1963 in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The original Cinerama system is a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146º of arc. ... For the Canadian country music performer, refer to Carroll Baker (singer). ... Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American actor. ... Fonda in the 1957 classic, 12 Angry Men. ... Carolyn Jones starring as Morticia Addams Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1930 - August 3, 1983) was an American actress. ... Karl Malden portraying Gen. ... Gregory Peck Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916–June 12, 2003) was an American film actor. ... Photo of the young George Peppard George Peppard (October 1, 1928 - May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. ... Robert Preston (1918 - 1987) was an American actor. ... Debbie Reynolds in 1954 Debbie Reynolds (born April 1, 1932) is an American actress and singer. ... Jimmy Stewart, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American film actor beloved for his persona as an average guy who faces adversity and tries to do the right thing, an image which was largely reflected in his own personality. ... Eli Wallach Eli Wallach (born December 7, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film, TV and stage actor. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ... Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death Richard Widmark (born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota) is an American film actor. ... Walter Brennan Walter Brennan, (born 25 July 1894 in Swampscott, Massachusetts; died 21 September 1974 in Oxnard, California) was a veteran character actor, notably in westerns. ... David Brian (August 5, 1914 - July 15, 1993) was a film actor. ... Andy Devine (born Jeremiah Schwartz) (October 7, 1905 - February 18, 1977) was a rotund, raspy_voiced character actor and comic cowboy sidekick. ... Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian actor. ... Moorehead as Endora on Bewitched Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American character actress. ... Harry Morgan as Colonel Sherman T. Potter Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsburg on April 10, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American television actor of Nowegian extraction. ... Thelma Ritter Thelma Ritter (February 14, 1902 – February 4, 1969) was an American character actress of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. ... Russ Tamblyn (born 30 December 1934 in Los Angeles, California) is an actor. ... Image:ST3. ...

The movie was written by John Gay (uncredited) and James R. Webb and directed by John Ford (segment "The Civil War"), Henry Hathaway (segments "The Rivers", "The Plains" and "The Outlaws"), George Marshall (segment "The Railroad") and Richard Thorpe (uncredited) (transitional historical sequences). John Gay John Gay (30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ... Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. ... George C. Marshall For the Olympic athlete, see George Marshall (athlete). ... Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director. ...

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) and was 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. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ... This is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best sound. ... The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ... 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. ... From Rule Sixteen of the Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score: An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ...

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 invisible in long shots. Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm The Brothers Grimm (Brüder Grimm) are Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and were well known for publishing collections of German fairy tales, as Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Childrens and Household Tales), in 1812, with a second volume in 1814 (1815 on the title page), as... The original Cinerama system is a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146º of arc. ... Eat me! Cinemascope, or more strictly CinemaScope, was a widescreen movie format used from 1953 to 1967. ... Letterboxing is the practice of copying widescreen film to video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio. ...

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. ...