Brigham Young (1940 film)

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Brigham Young

Movie poster for Brigham Young
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by Louis Bromfield
Lamar Trotti
Starring Tyrone Power
Linda Darnell
Dean Jagger
Music by Alfred Newman
Cinematography Arthur C. Miller
Editing by Robert Bischoff
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) 1940
Running time 113 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English
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Brigham Young (also known as Brigham Young - Frontiersman) is a movie released in 1940 based upon a story by Lois Bromfield and screenplay by Lamar Trotti. It depicts Brigham Young's succession to the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after the assassination of the Church's founder, Joseph Smith, Jr. The movie begins on the American frontier in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1844 and narrates the difficulties encountered as Young leads thousands of Latter-day Saint pioneers across the plains to settle the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. While the movie generally depicts outlines LDS Church history well enough and sympathetically, its dramatic presentation inaccurately portrays details throughout.

The movie starred Vincent Price as Smith, Dean Jagger as Young, Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell.

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