How the West was Won ( film ) - wikipedia How the West was Won ( film ) How the West Was Won Original film poster by Reynold Brown Directed by John Ford Henry Hathaway George Marshall Produced by Bernard Smith Written by James R. Webb Starring Carroll Baker Walter Brennan Lee J. Cobb Andy Devine Henry Fonda Carolyn Jones Karl Malden Agnes Moorehead Harry Morgan Gregory Peck George Peppard Robert Preston Debbie Reynolds Thelma Ritter James Stewart Eli Wallach John Wayne Richard Widmark Narrated by Spencer Tracy Music by Alfred Newman Cinematography William Daniels Milton Krasner Charles Lang Joseph LaShelle Edited by Harold F. Kress Production company Cinerama Releasing Corporation Distributed by Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Release date February 20, 1963 ( 1963 - 02 - 20 ) Running time 164 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $14,483,000 Box office $50,000,000 How the West Was Won is a 1962 American Metrocolor epic - western film. The picture was one of the last `` old - fashioned '' epic films made by Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer to enjoy great success. Set between 1839 and 1889, it follows four generations of a family ( starting as the Prescotts ) as they move from western New York to the Pacific Ocean. The picture was one of only two dramatic films made in the curved - screen three - projector Cinerama process, which added to its original impact. The all - star cast includes 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. The film is narrated by Spencer Tracy. The score was listed at number 25 on the American Film Institute 's 100 Years of Film Scores. The film also gained unanimous widespread critical acclaim, and a perfect 100 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In 1997, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being deemed `` culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ''. Contents 1 Plot 1.1 The Rivers ( 1839 ) 1.2 The Plains ( 1851 ) 1.3 The Civil War ( 1861 -- 1865 ) 1.4 The Railroad ( 1868 ) 1.5 The Outlaws ( 1889 ) 1.6 Epilogue 2 Cast 2.1 Introduced in `` The Rivers '' 2.2 Introduced in `` The Plains '' 2.3 Introduced in `` The Civil War '' 2.4 Introduced in `` The Railroad '' 2.5 Introduced in `` The Outlaws '' 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Cinerama 3.3 Shooting 3.4 Postproduction 4 Music 5 Reception 5.1 Premiere 5.2 Box - office performance 5.3 Accolades 6 Restoration 7 Comic - book adaptation 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Plot The film begins with narration by Spencer Tracy as the aerial - borne camera sweeps over the Rocky Mountains. `` This land has a name today, '' says Tracy in the opening lines of the film, `` and is marked on maps. '' The film then moves into `` The Rivers '' sequence ( considerably to the east of the Rockies ). The rivers ( 1839 ) The settlers ' raft is caught in rapids. Mountain man Linus Rawlings ( Stewart ) is making his way by horse and waterway through the mountains. He confers with a group of Indians. The scene then shifts to Zebulon Prescott and his family. Prescott ( Malden ) and his family set out west for the frontier via the Erie Canal, the `` West '', at this time, being the Ohio River country, at the southern edge of Illinois. Along the journey, they meet Rawlings, who is traveling east, to Pittsburgh, to trade his furs. Rawlings and Zebulon 's daughter, Eve ( Carroll Baker ), are attracted to each other, but Linus is not ready to settle down. Linus Rawlings stops at an isolated trading post, run by a murderous clan of river pirates, headed by `` Alabama Colonel '' Jeb Hawkins ( Walter Brennan ). Linus is betrayed when he accompanies seductive Dora Hawkins ( Brigid Bazlen ), into a cave, modeled after a real outlaw haunt, now a part of Cave - in - Rock State Park, to see a `` varmint ''. Dora Hawkins stabs him in the back and Rawlings falls into a deep hole. He is not seriously wounded, and he rescues the Prescott party from a similar fate. The bushwhacking thieves ( Lee Van Cleef plays one ), including Dora and Hawkins, are dispatched, being killed in an attack by Rawlings, in a form of rough frontier justice. After Zebulon prays to God for their lost loved ones and commends to Him the thieves ' souls `` whether You want ' em or not '', the settlers continue down the river, but their raft is caught in rapids, and Zebulon and his wife Rebecca ( Agnes Moorehead ) drown. Linus, finding that he can not live without Eve, reappears and marries her. She insists on homesteading at the spot where her parents died. This section was directed by Henry Hathaway. The plains ( 1851 ) The wagon train is attacked by Cheyenne Indians. Eve 's sister Lilith ( Debbie Reynolds ) chose to go back East but after some years finds herself touring in St. Louis, where she and her troupe are hired to perform trendy acts at the Music 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 to another gambler ( John Larch ), Cleve joins the wagon train taking her there. Wagonmaster Roger Morgan ( Robert Preston ) and he court her along the way, but she rejects them both, much to the dismay of her new friend and fellow traveler Agatha Clegg ( Thelma Ritter ), who is searching for a husband. Surviving an attack by Cheyennes, Lilith and Cleve arrive at the mine, only to find that it is worthless. Cleve leaves. Lilith returns to work in a dance hall in a camp town, living out of a covered wagon. Morgan finds her and again proposes marriage unromantically. She tells him, `` Not now, not ever. '' Later, Lilith is singing in the music salon of a riverboat. By chance, Cleve is a passenger. When he hears Lilith 's voice, he leaves the poker table ( and a winning hand ) to propose to her. He tells her of the opportunities waiting in the rapidly growing city of San Francisco. She accepts his proposal. This section also was directed by Henry Hathaway. The Civil War ( 1861 -- 1865 ) American Civil War Linus Rawlings joins the Union army as a captain in the American Civil War. Despite Eve 's wishes, their son Zeb ( Peppard ) eagerly enlists as well, looking for glory and an escape from farming. Corporal Peterson ( Andy Devine ) assures them the conflict will not last very long. The bloody Battle of Shiloh shows Zeb that war is nothing like he imagined, and unknown to him, his father dies there. Zeb encounters a similarly disillusioned Confederate ( Russ Tamblyn ), who suggests deserting. By chance, they overhear a private conversation between Generals Ulysses S. Grant ( Harry Morgan ) and William Tecumseh Sherman ( 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 with the bayonet from his shattered musket. Afterward, Zeb rejoins the army. When the war finally ends, Zeb returns home as a lieutenant, only to find his mother has died. She had lost the will to live after learning that Linus had been killed. Zeb gives his share of the family farm to his brother, who is content to be a farmer, and leaves in search of a more interesting life. This section was directed by John Ford. The railroad ( 1868 ) The construction of railroads Following the daring riders from the Pony Express and the construction of the transcontinental telegraph line in the late 1860s, two ferociously competing railroad lines, the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad, one building westward and the other eastward, open up new territory to eager settlers. Zeb becomes a lieutenant in the U.S. cavalry, trying to maintain peace with the Indians with the help of grizzled buffalo hunter Jethro Stuart ( Fonda ), an old friend of Linus '. When ruthless railroad man Mike King ( Widmark ) violates a treaty by building on Indian territory, the Arapahos retaliate by stampeding buffalo through his camp, killing many, including women and children. Disgusted, Zeb resigns and heads to Arizona. A subplot was cut featuring Hope Lange as Stuart 's daughter, Julie, who becomes involved in a love triangle with Zeb and King ; she ultimately marries and abandons Zeb. This section was directed by George Marshall. The outlaws ( 1889 ) The desperadoes who want to rob the train In San Francisco, widowed Lilith auctions off her possessions ( Cleve and she had made and spent several fortunes ) to pay her debts. She travels to Arizona, inviting Zeb and his family to oversee her remaining asset, a ranch. Zeb ( now a marshal ), his wife Julie ( Carolyn Jones ), and their children meet Lilith at Gold City 's train station. However, Zeb also runs into an old enemy there, outlaw Charlie Gant ( Wallach ). Zeb had killed Gant 's brother in a gunfight. When Gant makes veiled threats against Zeb and his family, Zeb turns to his friend and Gold City 's marshal, Lou Ramsey ( Lee J. Cobb ), but Gant is not wanted for anything in that territory, so Ramsey can do nothing. Zeb decides he has to act rather than wait for Gant to make good his threat someday. Suspecting Gant of planning to rob an unusually large gold shipment being transported by train, he prepares an ambush with Ramsey 's reluctant help. Gant and his entire gang ( one member played by Harry Dean Stanton ) are killed in the shootout and resulting train wreck. In the end, Lilith and the Rawlings family travel to their new home. This section also was directed by Henry Hathaway. Epilogue A short epilogue shows modern Los Angeles and San Francisco in the early 1960s, including the four - level downtown freeway interchange and Golden Gate Bridge. This section also was directed by Henry Hathaway. Cast Spencer Tracy as Narrator Introduced in `` The Rivers '' James Stewart as Linus Rawlings Carroll Baker as Eve Prescott Rawlings Debbie Reynolds as Lillith Prescott van Valen Karl Malden as Zebulon Prescott Agnes Moorehead as Rebecca Prescott Walter Brennan as Col. Jeb Hawkins Brigid Bazlen as Dora Hawkins Lee Van Cleef as river pirate Introduced in `` The Plains '' Gregory Peck as Cleve Van Valen Robert Preston as Roger Morgan Thelma Ritter as Agatha Clegg John Larch as a gambler David Brian as Lilith 's attorney Introduced in `` The Civil War '' George Peppard as Zeb Rawlings Andy Devine as Corporal Peterson Harry Morgan as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant John Wayne as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman Russ Tamblyn as Confederate deserter Raymond Massey as President Abraham Lincoln Introduced in `` The Railroad '' Henry Fonda as Jethro Stuart Richard Widmark as Mike King Introduced in `` the outlaws '' Carolyn Jones as Julie Rawlings Lee J. Cobb as Marshal Lou Ramsey Eli Wallach as Charlie Gant Harry Dean Stanton as a member of Gant 's gang Mickey Shaughnessy as Deputy Stover The film marked then 66 - year - old Raymond Massey 's last appearance as Abraham Lincoln, a role that he previously played on stage ( Abe Lincoln in Illinois and the stage adaptation of John Brown 's Body ), on screen ( Abe Lincoln in Illinois ), and on television ( The Day Lincoln Was Shot, and two more productions of Abe Lincoln in Illinois ). Production Development MGM had enjoyed a great success with the big screen remake of Ben Hur ( 1959 ) and initiated a number of spectacles, including remakes of Cimarron, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Mutiny on the Bounty. In 1960, MGM dealt with Cinerama to make four films in that process. They were wondering what topic to tackle when Bing Crosby approached them with a proposition. He was developing a television spectacular called How the West Was Won based on photographs of the Old West in Life, with profits to go to St John 's Hospital. Rosemary Clooney and he had recorded an album inspired by the same article called How the West Was Won. MGM bought the project from Crosby. The project was announced by MGM in June 1960. It was called The Great Western Story originally and the plan was to film a story of six segments featuring 12 stars with a linking overall storyline. Among the people to be featured were Buffalo Bill, the James brothers, and Billy the Kid. A portion of the profits would go to St. John 's Hospital. ( This led Irene Dunne and others to persuade the movie 's stars to take less than their usual fees. However, the hospital later sued for a share of the film 's profits. ) Bernard Smith was assigned to be producer, and he hired James Webb to write a script. George Peppard was announced for the lead role in October 1960. Irene Dunne and Bing Crosby originally were announced as stars. Laurence Harvey and John Wayne were going to appear in one sequence together. By April 1961, John Wayne and Spencer Tracy had firmed their plans to play General Sherman and Grant for a segment directed by John Ford. James Stewart had signed to play a leading role. Other roles would go to Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, Russ Tamblyn and Carroll Baker while Henry Hathaway and George Sherman would direct from a script by James Webb. Bing Crosby would do the narration. Jim Hutton was meant to appear in the civil war segment. Eventually, Harry Morgan appeared opposite Wayne when Tracy was unavailable. Ultimately the film contained five sections : the 1830s migration, the 1840s gold rush, the Civil War, the construction of the railroad, and beating outlaws. Linking this would be the story of one family over three generations. The budget was set to at least $8 million. John Ford directed the Civil War segment, George Marshall the railroad segment, and Henry Hathaway the rest. `` We wanted three old pros, no young geniuses, '' said Smith. Cinerama How the West Was Won was one of only two dramatic feature films ( the other being The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm ) made using the three - strip Cinerama process. Although the picture quality when projected onto curved screens in theatres was stunning, attempts to convert the movie to a smaller screen suffer from that process 's technical shortcomings. When seen in letterbox format, the actors ' faces are nearly indistinguishable in long shots. Henry Fonda as a buffalo hunter Shooting Filming started in May 1961 by John Ford in Paducah, Kentucky. Producer Smith said, `` it is essential for our purposes that virtually the whole movie be shot outdoors. Throughout the movie, one of the basic themes is to show little people against a vast country -- huge deserts, endless plains towering mountains, broad rivers. We want to capture the spirit of adventure, the restless spirit that led these men and women across the country in ( the ) face of many difficulties and dangers. '' After Ford finished his segment, Hathaway took over on location. Parts of the film were shot in Monument Valley, Utah. Parts of the film were also shot in Wildwood Regional Park in Thousand Oaks, California. Ford complained about having to dress such huge sets, since Cinerama photographed a much wider view than the standard single - camera process to which Hollywood directors were accustomed. Director Henry Hathaway was quoted as saying, `` That damned Cinerama. Do you know a waist - shot is as close as you can get with that thing ? '' A more difficult problem was that the film had to be shot with the actors artificially positioned out of dramatic and emotional frame, and out of synchronization with one another. Only when the three - print Cinerama process was projected upon a Cinerama screen did the positions and emotions of the actors synchronize -- such as normal eye contact or emotional harmony between actors in a dramatic sequence. Because of the nature of Cinerama, if the film were shown in flat - screen projection, it would appear as if the actors made no eye contact, at all. One brief scene of Mexican soldiers was generously sourced by John Wayne from the 1960 version of The Alamo, in which he starred, produced, and directed. Stuntman Bob Morgan, husband of Yvonne De Carlo, was injured seriously and lost a leg during a break in filming a gunfight on a moving train while filming `` The Outlaws '' portion. Chains holding logs on a flat - bed car broke, crushing Morgan as he crouched beside them. In a scene in which George Peppard 's character reminisces about his late father, Peppard improvised by doing an imitation of James Stewart 's voice. Director John Ford initially objected, but Peppard felt it was important in such a long, sprawling film to remind the audience which character his father was supposed to be. Hathaway later said making the film was `` goddam trouble. They had an idiot for a producer and Sol Siegel was drunk most of the time. We spent so much money on the picture they almost decided not to do the last part. We had a meeting, and I said, ' You ca n't quit. You 've got to show how the West was won. The West was won when the law took over '. '' Postproduction Filming was finished in January 1962. After the film was shot, MGM ordered a new ending which rounded out the story of the family and involved shooting for another month. Henry Fonda and Debbie Reynolds were involved in this. The budget eventually reached $12 million. The film later inspired a television series of the same name. Music The music for the film was composed and conducted by Alfred Newman. The soundtrack album was originally released by MGM Records. Dimitri Tiomkin, well known for scores to Western films, was the first composer approached to compose the music for the film. However, Tiomkin became unavailable as a result of eye surgery, and Newman was hired as a replacement. The score is widely considered to be one of Newman 's best, and appears on the AFI 's 100 Years of Film Scores list. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, losing to Tom Jones. Debbie Reynolds sings three songs in the film : `` Raise a Ruckus Tonight '' starting a party around the camp fire, `` What Was Your Name in the States ? '', and `` A Home in the Meadow '' to the tune of `` Greensleeves '', with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. Her rendition is heard by Cleve ( Gregory Peck ), who is so moved, he proposes marriage. This scene ends The Plains segment. Reception Play media Original trailer for How the West Was Won Premiere Surprisingly for such an American film, How the West Was Won had its world premiere in the United Kingdom at London 's Casino Cinerama Theatre on November 2, 1962. The film ran at the Casino for 123 weeks, ending in April 1965. Box - Office performance How the West Was Won was a massive commercial success. Produced on a then - large budget of $15 million, it grossed $46,500,000 at the North American box office, making it the second - highest - grossing film of 1963. The film grossed $50 million worldwide. Accolades The film won three Academy Awards for : Best Writing, Story and Screenplay -- Written Directly for the Screen ( James R. Webb ) Best Film Editing Best Sound ( Franklin Milton ) It was also nominated for : Best Picture Best Art Direction -- Set Decoration, Color ( George Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr, Henry Grace, Don Greenwood Jr., Jack Mills ) Best Cinematography, Color Best Costume Design, Color Best Music, Score -- Substantially Original ( Alfred Newman and Ken Darby ) The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists : 2005 : AFI 's 100 Years of Film Scores -- number 25 2006 : AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Cheers -- Nominated 2008 : AFI 's 10 Top 10 : Nominated Western Film Nominated Epic Film Restoration James Stewart as frontiersman Linus Rawlings In 2000, MGM gave Crest Digital the task of restoring the original Cinerama negative for How the West Was Won. As part of the process, they built their own authentic Cinerama screening room. There have also been efforts, led by HP, to combine the three image portions to make the Cinerama image look more acceptable on a flat screen. This has finally been accomplished on the latest DVD and Blu - ray Disc release. Previously, the lines where the three Cinerama panels joined were glaringly visible ( as seen in the stills on this page ), but this has been largely corrected on the Warner Bros. DVD and Blu - ray Disc -- though the joints remain visible in places, especially against bright backgrounds. The restoration also corrects some of the geometric distortions inherent in the process. For instance, in the final shot, the Golden Gate Bridge appears to curve in perspective as the camera flies underneath it, whereas in the Cinerama version, it breaks into three straight sections at different angles. The Blu - ray Disc also contains a `` SmileBox '' version, simulating the curved - screen effect. Though the aspect ratio of Cinerama was 2.59 : 1, Warner 's new BD and DVD releases of the film offer an aspect ratio of 2.89 : 1, incorporating image information on both sides that was never meant to be seen when projected. The BD - exclusive SmileBox alternative has the intentional cropping intact. In 2006, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging performed digital restoration on How the West Was Won. It digitally restored the film frame by frame at Prasad Corporation to remove dirt, tears, scratches, and other damage -- restoring the original look. The restored Warner Bros. release has been shown on television since October 2008, on the Encore Westerns channel. Comic - book adaptation Gold Key : How the West Was Won ( July 1963 ) See also List of American films of 1963 List of American films of 1962 References Jump up ^ Sheldon Hall, Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters : A Hollywood History Wayne State University Press, 2010 p 164 Jump up ^ Andrea LeVasseur, Allmovie. `` How the West was Won -- Synopsis ''. amctv.com. ^ Jump up to : Box Office Information for How the West was Won. IMDb via Internet Archive. Retrieved June 17, 2018. Jump up ^ Variety film review ; November 7, 1962, page 6. 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Question: when was the movie how the west was won made
Answer: 1962