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Brigham Young
1940
- 1940 · Biography · 1h 54m
Brigham Young. (film) Brigham Young (also known as Brigham Young – Frontiersman) is a 1940 American biographical western film starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell and Dean Jagger that describes Young 's succession to the presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after founder Joseph Smith was assassinated in 1844.
Brigham Young: Directed by Henry Hathaway. With Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy. In 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.
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- Adventure, Biography, Drama
- Henry Hathaway
- 1940-09-27
Mar 16, 1995 · Though considered by the motion picture industry to be a financial flop in 1940, the 20th Century Fox film ``Brigham Young'' was a huge hit in Salt Lake City and environs. And for the past 15 years locally it has been the single most-often-requested movie never released on video. Until this week, that is.
Brother Brigham on the Silver Screen. 1940, a new movie was shown in Salt Lake City and then around the country. It was called Brigham Young, Frontiersman, and was considered one of the most important movies of the year. With few exceptions, reviewers praised it for its epic sweep and color as well as the acting and directing.
Lamar Trotti. Screenplay. Louis Bromfield. Writer. Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
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Aug 14, 2020 · Brigham Young (1940) Mark Franklin August 14, 2020 1940s. The Mormons are chased out of Illinois by angry mobs. Their leader, Joseph Smith, is killed while in custody because they dared defend themselves. Brigham Young (Dean Jagger) declares himself the new leader of the church and guides his people westward.
Power agreed to take on a supporting role in Brigham Young-- Frontiersman both because studio head Darryl Zanuck asked him to, and also because of his close relationship with Hathaway. The two men had already collaborated on a gangster melodrama called Johnny Apollo (1940), and Power far preferred Hathaway's guidance to that of the forever ...
