About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 27. Chapters: Destry Rides Again, How the West Was Won, Star Spangled Rhythm, The Blue Dahlia, The Ghost Breakers, Houdini, My Friend Irma, Pot o' Gold, The Guns of Fort Petticoat, Scared Stiff, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, The Gazebo, The Mating Game, The Goldwyn Follies, Murder, He Says, Advance to the Rear, Riding High, Red Garters, Variety Girl, The Sheepman, A Millionaire for Christy, Pack Up Your Troubles, The Committee on Credentials, Tap Roots, The Adventures of Ruth, Hook, Line & Sinker, Fancy Pants, The Perils of Pauline, Music Is Magic, Their First Mistake, And the Angels Sing, Imitation General, Towed in a Hole, It Started with a Kiss, When the Daltons Rode, The Forest Rangers, Life Begins at Forty, Monsieur Beaucaire, Off Limits, Ruth of the Rockies, Love's Lariat, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!, Never a Dull Moment, Duel in the Jungle, 365 Nights in Hollywood, She Learned About Sailors, A Woman's Eyes, The Devil's Own, Pillars of the Sky, Hold that Blonde, Dark Purpose, Cry for Happy, Eight on the Lam, The Man from Montana, The Second Greatest Sex, Valley of the Sun, The Midnight Flyer, True to Life, Beyond Mombasa, Hazard. Excerpt: How the West Was Won is a 1962 American epic Western film. The picture was one of the last "old-fashioned" epic films made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to enjoy great success. It follows four generations of a family (starting as the Prescotts) as they move ever westward, from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean. Filmed in, and using pre-existing Cinerama curving widescreen process stock footage, the movie is set between 1839 and 1889. The fundamental idea behind the film was to provide an episodic retelling of the progress of westward migration and development of America. It was inspired by a much longer and more complex series of historical narrative...
