How the West Was Won

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Western film epic film film

How the West Was Won is a 1962 epic Western film that chronicles several generations of a pioneer family as they journey across and help shape the American frontier.

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Label Occurrences
How the West Was Won canonical 12
How the West Was Won (1962 film) 5
The How the West Was Won (TV series) 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film ⓘ
epic film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
basedOn Life magazine series "How the West Was Won" ⓘ
cinematographyBy Charles Lang ⓘ
Milton R. Krasner ⓘ
William H. Daniels ⓘ
colorProcess DeLuxe Color ⓘ
surface form: Metrocolor
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsEvent American Civil War ⓘ
California Gold Rush ⓘ
construction of the transcontinental railroad ⓘ
director George Marshall ⓘ
Henry Hathaway ⓘ
John Ford ⓘ
distributor Cinerama Releasing Corporation ⓘ
Cinerama Releasing Corporation ⓘ
surface form: MGM-Cinerama Releasing Corporation

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editingBy Harold F. Kress ⓘ
followsGenerationsOf Prescott family ⓘ
format Cinerama film process ⓘ
surface form: Cinerama
genre Western ⓘ
epic ⓘ
musicBy Alfred Newman ⓘ
Ken Darby ⓘ
narratedBy Spencer Tracy ⓘ
narrativeStructure anthology ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor use of three-panel Cinerama process ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Bernard Smith ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1962-11-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1962 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 162 ⓘ
screenwriter James R. Webb ⓘ
setInPeriod 19th-century American frontier ⓘ
settingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Great Plains ⓘ
Ohio Valley region ⓘ
surface form: Ohio River Valley
soundMix 6-track stereophonic sound ⓘ
stars Agnes Moorehead ⓘ
Carolyn Jones ⓘ
Carroll Baker ⓘ
Debbie Reynolds ⓘ
Eli Wallach ⓘ
George Peppard ⓘ
Gregory Peck ⓘ
Henry Fonda ⓘ
James Stewart ⓘ
John Wayne ⓘ
Karl Malden ⓘ
Lee J. Cobb ⓘ
Raymond Massey ⓘ
Richard Widmark ⓘ
Robert Preston ⓘ
Thelma Ritter ⓘ
Walter Brennan ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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Debbie Reynolds → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
Cinerama film process → notableFilm → How the West Was Won ⓘ
How the West Was Won (film score) → partOf → How the West Was Won ⓘ
this entity surface form: How the West Was Won (1962 film)
George Peppard → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
Harold F. Kress → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
Harold F. Kress → workedOn → How the West Was Won ⓘ
Mary → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary Frances Reynolds
Slim Pickens → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
this entity surface form: The How the West Was Won (TV series)
Andy Devine → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
this entity surface form: How the West Was Won (1962 film)
Charles Lang → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
this entity surface form: How the West Was Won (1962 film)
Charles Lang → workedOn → How the West Was Won ⓘ
this entity surface form: How the West Was Won (1962 film)
Eli Wallach → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
James R. Webb → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
Eva Marie Saint → notableTelevisionWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
Carroll Baker → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
Mary Frances Reynolds → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
Robert Preston → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ
this entity surface form: How the West Was Won (1962 film)
Richard Widmark → notableWork → How the West Was Won ⓘ