Brigham Young: Frontiersman Movie Review 1940

Somewhat interesting story about the pioneering Mormons and their founding of Salt Lake City. Under the leadership of Brigham Young (Jagger), they set out across the plains, battling hardships and starvation along the way. An emphasis was placed on the historical rather than the religious in an effort not to scare off moviegoers, but the picture failed at the boxoffice anyway. Based on the story by Louis Bromfield.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 114 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, Religion, Romantic Adventures, Adapted from a Story, Mormons

Screenplay

Lamar Trotti, Ann E. Todd

Cast

Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Jean Rogers, Mary Astor, Vincent Price, Willard Robertson, Moroni Olsen, Marc Lawrence, Selmer Jackson, Stanley Andrews

Cinematography

Arthur C. Miller

Director

Henry Hathaway

Music

Cyril Mockridge, Alfred Newman