THE SHORT HOP, SKIP & A JUMP..... FROM WILLIAM WELLMAN'S "THE PURCHASE PRICE", then.... "WESTWARD THE WOMEN" to STANLEY DONEN'S "SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS'.......

 STORE-BOUGHT LADIES, CAPTURED BRIDES AND EASTERN FINERIES....SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED TO 'THE REAL MEN' OF THE AMERICAN WEST.... FROM PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD  CONNIVANCES TO THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN.......