This sums up America's westward expansion and uses a classic cast to do it. We encounter John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart & Debbie Reynolds. How the West Was Won is in 5 parts: "The Rivers," "The Plains," "The Civil War," "The Railroad" & "The Outlaws." It covers 50 years between 1839 and 1889, a sizable chunk of American history. It is one of over 500 films preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry. I saw it with Jean Adair in the summer of 1963.
Yeah at that time in the movies, theaters, and sideshows Indians were portrayed by Anglo-Saxons and Jews as blacks were up to that time. The once upon a time in the West is also Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry as one out of the three top Westerns and is not even American made
Unfortunately i haven't seen this movie yet but this is how a movie is supposed to look. Not how modern movies look. It is very very appealing. The colors and images are just spectacular
3-panel Cinerama will never look this good in theatres. The seams can't be concealed like they can in a digital restoration. Slight differences in the focal lengths of the projection lenses alone make it impossible for the images to align vertically... there's always a slight mismatch that framing can't correct.
Wanted to see an example of the smile box version while picking what version to watch. It's really impressive how you can tell they framed for both the Cinerama and standard formats, A+ cinematography
I even recall an uncredited Lee Van Cleef as one of the "river pirates" on lookout and spotting the approach of Jimmy Stewart's mountain man Linus Rawlins. A great Western epic, embellished by one of the great film scores from Alfred Newman.
Sounds like Art Gilmore doing the narration. North = Andy Devine South = Russ Tamblyn How did the North ever win the Civil War? The last couple of minutes of the movie are jaw dropping. What were they thinking?
Just got done watching it great movie mgm was kind of struggling at the time and needed a big hit like this very suprised during the commentary no mention of the near death of stuntman though
We did not restore this but my guess its the Neat Video program that may have been used which tends to brighten and wash certain shots depending on its source material
@@Puppetoons Oh okay! Was this from the 2008 bluray? So many shots are not in the final movie! Thanks for the information! I just uploaded my own version (with the final movie shots) to my channel. Love your work, Puppetoon, and thanks for the continued work in cinema history! EDIT: ALL those washed out shots are missing from the movie! They must have used the original trailer shots... Very curious! The original reels must be lost in the MGM basement somewhere...
@@metro3692 Been meaning to buy it. Does it have this trailer scanned from an original or just this with the awful digital lettering all of these cinerama trailers have online?
The Blu Ray has this "Smile Box" style version for the entire film. I watched it once on a curved big screen TV and it was amazing and the closest you can get to seeing how it was originally shown in theaters. It's hands down the best way to watch this epic film.
A majestic motion picture. Fortunate to see it as a young boy in my hometown theater. Films such as these gave young boys the right kind of men to emulate. Now Hollyweird pumps out degenerate alphabet nonsense. Our nation is lost.
Our nation isn't lost. Hollywood is. And very few people watch their films nowadays compared to back then. Why don't you try being a leader for some young men.
@@MargatroidOh I'm sorry did stating the obvious cause you distress? The present clown show in charge has an administration full of trans, homosexuals, cross dressers and pedophiles. Our military leadership is more interested in enlisting DEI recruits than men who could protect our nation. The Pravda media pushes the state narrative, celebrates divisions and attacks any individuals or groups that stray from the party line. Have medical "professionals" who will not deny a man can get pregnant or define what a woman is. Corporations place DEI hires and agendas ahead of profits or quality. The universities are propaganda farms for socialism/communism. We are about to have another election stolen. As for me I am a retired H.S. Principal and Varsity Boy's Basketball Coach. I chaired a Governor's Regional Task Force on Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention. Chaired the local Boy's and Girl's Club of America, served on a Hospice Board of Directors what have YOU done?
@@Margatroid Oh I'm sorry did stating the obvious cause you distress? The present clown show in charge has an administration full of trans, homosexuals, cross dressers and pedophiles. Our military leadership is more interested in enlisting DEI recruits than men who could protect our nation. The Pravda media pushes the state narrative, celebrates divisions and attacks any individuals or groups that stray from the party line. Have medical "professionals" who will not deny a man can get pregnant or define what a woman is. Corporations place DEI hires and agendas ahead of profits or quality. The universities are propaganda farms for socialism/communism. We are about to have another election stolen. As for me I am a retired H.S. Principal and Varsity Boy's Basketball Coach. I chaired a Governor's Regional Task Force on Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention. Chaired the local Boy's and Girl's Club of America, served on a Hospice Board of Directors what have YOU done
@@Margatroid Honey, we won't argue about personal taste - it's impossible. 😜 But at least Debbie got the bigger part in the movie and she is the only member of the cast who appears from beginning to end.
Good, but... 02:50 you misspelled Agnes Moorehead. Also, your typefaces and other elements don't match the original trailer. Finally, HTWWW was in Metrocolor, not Technicolor. (prints were by Technicolor).
I did not do the trailer - it was the trailer done by Warner Bros. when they released the restored version on Blu-ray. They changed the font, did not add Metrocolor and misspelled Agnes Moorehead. Send your letter to Warner Brothers home entertainment department which is now run by a whole new regime. I doubt they will respond or do anything about it.
for anyone who wants to see this on blu ray, it's not smart... you have to have a theater with a screen the cinerama shape and three cameras to get the look right... having it look like this on TV is just lame...
The smile-box is fine once you get used to it. It's the best representation of the curved screen that can be displayed on a flat screen. Not everyone has access to a full fledged Cinerama screen that is showing this particular movie.
If not for Lilith marrying Cleve, I would've though she was a lesbian. Then this trailer says she left the Frontier for a gayer life and i'm like "they said it, not me!"
aucun français est capable de crée ce genre de musique western ni même le spaghetti leeonnec'est bien pour les belmondo mais pas pour les western américain il ne fait pas le poids
The widescreen presentation looks great, but the movie itself is corny as hell. One critic, citing so many Western cliches in the film, stated, "It should be called How the West Was Done--To Death."
I remember seeing this in the local Cinerama theater when I was a kid with my family. I was maybe 7 years old (?). Really quite an experience.
Imagine how crazy it was for the projectionist back then to run 3 projectors at the same time and change reels on time !
ScreenX has nothing on this.
Each projector had its own operator.
Reel changes were only done at intermission.
quel film ! les vrais valeurs, justice, liberté, famille, amour , courage !
This and "Jason and the Argonauts" were formative as a teenager.
I just saw a top 50 western movies of all time video. This wasn't even included. Always been my favorite.
This sums up America's westward expansion and uses a classic cast to do it. We encounter John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart & Debbie Reynolds. How the West Was Won is in 5 parts: "The Rivers," "The Plains," "The Civil War," "The Railroad" & "The Outlaws." It covers 50 years between 1839 and 1889, a sizable chunk of American history. It is one of over 500 films preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry. I saw it with Jean Adair in the summer of 1963.
Yeah at that time in the movies, theaters, and sideshows Indians were portrayed by Anglo-Saxons and Jews as blacks were up to that time. The once upon a time in the West is also Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry as one out of the three top Westerns and is not even American made
This movie needs to be converted to watch with VR goggles.
Could this be the dumbest comment ever posted on UA-cam? 🙄
Great idea 💡
Big nope!
Unfortunately i haven't seen this movie yet but this is how a movie is supposed to look. Not how modern movies look. It is very very appealing. The colors and images are just spectacular
3-panel Cinerama will never look this good in theatres. The seams can't be concealed like they can in a digital restoration. Slight differences in the focal lengths of the projection lenses alone make it impossible for the images to align vertically... there's always a slight mismatch that framing can't correct.
you need to see it in a theater. this looks like someone's Tv is melting
@@cultfilmfreakreviews The "smilebox" is the best way to view a Cinerama film on a flat-screen.
Get the restored edition with the "Smilebox" Disc included.
That cast is godly. Literally.
Much better than IMAX
This trailer looked great! Looked pristine!
Love this film l have it on blu ray and always Watch in the smile format just wish I could see it at the cinema
Wanted to see an example of the smile box version while picking what version to watch. It's really impressive how you can tell they framed for both the Cinerama and standard formats, A+ cinematography
Класс! На проекторе смотреть одно удовольствие!
I dare say my favorite western.
This would probably look great on an IMAX dome
The restored feature was shown at the Hollywood Cinerama Dome a couple of times in recent years.
This is superior than imax
It would look terrible. Geometries don't match.
The cast was stacked
I even recall an uncredited Lee Van Cleef as one of the "river pirates" on lookout and spotting
the approach of Jimmy Stewart's mountain man Linus Rawlins. A great Western epic, embellished
by one of the great film scores from Alfred Newman.
Best music ever !
Sounds like Art Gilmore doing the narration.
North = Andy Devine
South = Russ Tamblyn How did the North ever win the Civil War?
The last couple of minutes of the movie are jaw dropping. What were they thinking?
:-D
That would be John Wayne... ;-)
sam and uncle billy. @@JonInLondon
Carol Baker is the only actor in this film alive today at 92!
Manifest Destiny then, Manifest Destiny today, manifest Destiny forever!!!!!!!
Just got done watching it great movie mgm was kind of struggling at the time and needed a big hit like this very suprised during the commentary no mention of the near death of stuntman though
Where can I buy this version ..tcm played it and nobody else has shown it.
Check on Amazon
"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"
what happened at 0:53 ? the train scene colour is washed out? and 1:00 and at 1:13 the Thelma Ritter water scene
We did not restore this but my guess its the Neat Video program that may have been used which tends to brighten and wash certain shots depending on its source material
@@Puppetoons Oh okay! Was this from the 2008 bluray? So many shots are not in the final movie! Thanks for the information! I just uploaded my own version (with the final movie shots) to my channel. Love your work, Puppetoon, and thanks for the continued work in cinema history!
EDIT:
ALL those washed out shots are missing from the movie! They must have used the original trailer shots... Very curious! The original reels must be lost in the MGM basement somewhere...
There should be a blue-ray in this format
There is!
@@metro3692 Been meaning to buy it. Does it have this trailer scanned from an original or just this with the awful digital lettering all of these cinerama trailers have online?
The Blu Ray has this "Smile Box" style version for the entire film. I watched it once on a curved big screen TV and it was amazing and the closest you can get to seeing how it was originally shown in theaters. It's hands down the best way to watch this epic film.
@@HoorayTV21 I noticed that, too. They're like fanboy versions using default font settings. I think a couple of them even used Comic Sans.
Classic.
Give the full movie, I came here for Tuco
A majestic motion picture. Fortunate to see it as a young boy in my hometown theater. Films such as these gave young boys the right kind of men to emulate. Now Hollyweird pumps out degenerate alphabet nonsense. Our nation is lost.
On many levels I can't help but agree with you. For us it was a time of great wonder and awe and as you say majesty
Amen ❤
Our nation isn't lost. Hollywood is. And very few people watch their films nowadays compared to back then. Why don't you try being a leader for some young men.
@@MargatroidOh I'm sorry did stating the obvious cause you distress?
The present clown show in charge has an administration full of trans, homosexuals, cross dressers and pedophiles. Our military leadership is more interested in enlisting DEI recruits than men who could protect our nation. The Pravda media pushes the state narrative, celebrates divisions and attacks any individuals or groups that stray from the party line. Have medical "professionals" who will not deny a man can get pregnant or define what a woman is. Corporations place DEI hires and agendas ahead of profits or quality. The universities are propaganda farms for socialism/communism. We are about to have another election stolen.
As for me I am a retired H.S. Principal and Varsity Boy's Basketball Coach. I chaired a Governor's Regional Task Force on Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention. Chaired the local Boy's and Girl's Club of America, served on a Hospice Board of Directors what have YOU done?
@@Margatroid Oh I'm sorry did stating the obvious cause you distress?
The present clown show in charge has an administration full of trans, homosexuals, cross dressers and pedophiles. Our military leadership is more interested in enlisting DEI recruits than men who could protect our nation. The Pravda media pushes the state narrative, celebrates divisions and attacks any individuals or groups that stray from the party line. Have medical "professionals" who will not deny a man can get pregnant or define what a woman is. Corporations place DEI hires and agendas ahead of profits or quality. The universities are propaganda farms for socialism/communism. We are about to have another election stolen.
As for me I am a retired H.S. Principal and Varsity Boy's Basketball Coach. I chaired a Governor's Regional Task Force on Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention. Chaired the local Boy's and Girl's Club of America, served on a Hospice Board of Directors what have YOU done
Who was Carol Baker in the movie. No mention of Debbie Reynolds in the cast.
Eve Prescott, the more beautyfull daughter of "Karl Malden"
@@drhkleinert8241 well, most of the people think Debbie Reynolds is the most beautiful daughter and the most talented 😃
@@nowvoyager8438 Debbie is pretty, but Carol is hotter in this movie for sure. It's no coincidence Malden thinks she's his most marriageable daughter.
@@Margatroid Honey, we won't argue about personal taste - it's impossible. 😜 But at least Debbie got the bigger part in the movie and she is the only member of the cast who appears from beginning to end.
"..who left the frontier for a gayer life.."
My, how times have changed.
Top tip try it on a samsung flip 4 and slightly fold the screen in. It's quite the revelation
Good, but... 02:50 you misspelled Agnes Moorehead. Also, your typefaces and other elements don't match the original trailer. Finally, HTWWW was in Metrocolor, not Technicolor. (prints were by Technicolor).
I did not do the trailer - it was the trailer done by Warner Bros. when they released the restored version on Blu-ray. They changed the font, did not add Metrocolor and misspelled Agnes Moorehead. Send your letter to Warner Brothers home entertainment department which is now run by a whole new regime. I doubt they will respond or do anything about it.
@@Puppetoons The lunatics are running the asylum.
AWESOME VIOLENCE
for anyone who wants to see this on blu ray, it's not smart... you have to have a theater with a screen the cinerama shape and three cameras to get the look right... having it look like this on TV is just lame...
The smile-box is fine once you get used to it. It's the best representation of the curved screen that can be displayed on a flat screen. Not everyone has access to a full fledged Cinerama screen that is showing this particular movie.
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If not for Lilith marrying Cleve, I would've though she was a lesbian.
Then this trailer says she left the Frontier for a gayer life and i'm like "they said it, not me!"
back then , gay meant happy ,. stupid.
Where's the movie
Warner Bros. has it on UA-cam Movies - don't know if its the restored version - ua-cam.com/video/YpGm4XtWBRo/v-deo.html
Saw this with my first girl friend.
Was she called Jean?
aucun français est capable de crée ce genre de musique western ni même le spaghetti leeonnec'est bien pour les belmondo mais pas pour les western américain il ne fait pas le poids
The widescreen presentation looks great, but the movie itself is corny as hell. One critic, citing so many Western cliches in the film, stated, "It should be called How the West Was Done--To Death."
corny in an innocent sorta way...
I have this on DVD and the aspect ratio is terrible. If only it was 16:9.
I believe the Blu-ray is
Oh ffs!
You have that old cardboard case MGM DVD?
The indigenous Indians?