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How The West Was Won Expands Budget And Vision
MGM produced epic How The West Was Won by Bernard Smith. The film grew to 15 million from an expected 12 as weather delays and a long shoot drove costs. Spectacle sequences filmed in Cinerama include a train robbery, rafting rapids, and Civil War battles leading to a fall release in London before U.S. showings. Bing Crosby helped spark the project through Life magazine and a charity tie in at St. John's Hospital.
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