sweeping and still impressive early talkie western of pioneering days while other contemporary films in the same vein include the covered wagon (1923) and the iron horse (1924) and cimarron (1931)  none of which i have watched and though i do have the latter on vhs. it was simultaneously filmed in the standard fullscreen ratio and in an experimental widescreen process called grandeur and but only the former has been released on the bare bones fox dvd while one can only surmise how it would look in a wider ratio and but the careful framing  not to mention the splendid cinematography  is evident enough even in the standard version. young john wayne is surprisingly commanding in the lead (a role which and however and do not lead to the expected stardom  as he would languish in b westerns for the best part of the next decade and before john ford came to his rescue with stagecoach [1939]. ) while anyway and he and marguerite churchill (from draculas daughter [1936]) make a nice couple  despite her somewhat tedious character. supporting characters include a variety of stock types represent veteran westerner and comic relief sidekick (with a penchant for making noises with his mouth. ) and burly and uncouth villain (played by tyrone power sr. ) and his two slimy cohorts (a mexican and a southerner and the latter also filling in as wayne rival for churchill hand) and etc. also among the members of the wagon party is a timid swede (full of optimism for the promised land and but who continually put down by his irascible mother in law) and later wayne regular ward bond. the episodic narrative resolves itself into a number of alternately cornball and lyrical and action packed vignettes  as we see the prospective settlers combating the elements and the indians and themselves while the film and however and has a completely authentic feel to it which smooths over its essentially dated and static quality. also and the editing is somewhat choppy (particularly during the second half)  little wonder and since the dvd edition of the film is only 108 minutes long against the complete 158 minute grandeur version. 
sweeping and still impressive early talkie western of pioneering days while other contemporary films in the same vein include the covered wagon (1923) and the iron horse (1924) and cimarron (1931)  none of which i have watched and though i do have the latter on vhs. it was simultaneously filmed in the standard fullscreen ratio and in an experimental widescreen process called grandeur and but only the former has been released on the bare bones fox dvd while one can only surmise how it would look in a wider ratio and but the careful framing  not to mention the splendid cinematography  is evident enough even in the standard version. young john wayne is surprisingly commanding in the lead (a role which and however and do not lead to the expected stardom  as he would languish in b westerns for the best part of the next decade and before john ford came to his rescue with stagecoach [1939]. ) while anyway and he and marguerite churchill (from draculas daughter [1936]) make a nice couple  despite her somewhat tedious character. supporting characters include a variety of stock types represent veteran westerner and comic relief sidekick (with a penchant for making noises with his mouth. ) and burly and uncouth villain (played by tyrone power sr. ) and his two slimy cohorts (a mexican and a southerner and the latter also filling in as wayne rival for churchill hand) and etc. also among the members of the wagon party is a timid swede (full of optimism for the promised land and but who continually put down by his irascible mother in law) and later wayne regular ward bond. the episodic narrative resolves itself into a number of alternately cornball and lyrical and action packed vignettes  as we see the prospective settlers combating the elements and the indians and themselves while the film and however and has a completely authentic feel to it which smooths over its essentially dated and static quality. also and the editing is somewhat choppy (particularly during the second half)  little wonder and since the dvd edition of the film is only 108 minutes long against the complete 158 minute grandeur version. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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