Westward the Women
Westward the Women is a 1951 American western film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel and John McIntire.
Plot
In 1851, the working men of Whitman's Valley in California are lonely. Local proprietor Roy Whitman (John McIntire) decides the best way to prevent his men from leaving is to convince women to settle down in Whitman Valley. Roy heads to Chicago, Illinois to search for women willing to take on the arduous journey to California in order to marry. Among the 140 women he convinces are the widowed middle-aged Patience (Hope Emerson), the pregnant and unmarried Rose Meyers (Beverly Dennis), and former showgirls Fifi Dannon (Denise Darcel) and Laurie Smith (Julie Bishop). The women select their prospective husbands from a board of daguerreotypes tacked to a display board. Roy hires experienced wagon master Buck Wyatt (Robert Taylor) to lead the convoy.
More details
| author | Charles Schnee Frank Capra |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | William A. Wellman |
| editor | James E. Newcom |
| genre | western |
| keywords | chicago illinois clothe conestoga wagon daguerreotype hogtie hogties how to indigenous americans japanese man kill married native americans in the united states rap rape showgirl suicide teach train unmarried wagon master wagon train widow |
| musicBy | Jeff Alexander |
| producer | Dore Schary |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |