Oct 13th
(Pictureville Bradford)
How the West was Won* (U)     
(US 1962)

The story of the Wild West in segments, taken from the early settlers until the time of the first railroad from East to West.
Breathtaking if pretentious epic Western showcase for Cinerama in drama format; a little more intimacy would have helped, and some of the star cameos are wasted, but the skill of its directors keeps the pace acceptable instead of funereal.

Written by: James R. Webb.
Producer: Bernard Smith.
Directors: Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall.
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, Karl Malden, Agnes Moorehead, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Carolyn Jones, Robert Preston, Russ Tamblyn, Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark, Lee J. Cobb, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Walter Brennan, Henry Morgan, John Wayne, Massey (as Lincoln), and others.
Narrator: Spencer Tracy.
Photography: William Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang Jnr, Joseph La Shelle.
Music: Alfred Newman.
Make-up: William Tuttle.

+ see also This is Cinerama (1952)