ForWinchester '73 (1950)alone, Stewart reportedly earned between $500,000 and $600,000.The western received no Academy Awards nominations, although one was especially deserved by cinematographer William Daniels.Nick: Thanks, Frank.Does it make you hungry?Frank: Unh unh.Thirsty.To entertain them, the middle-aged, affable proprietor strums on a guitar and sings a tune about his own marriage:I'm not much to look at, nothing to seeJust glad I'm living, lucky to beI've got a woman, crazy for meShe's funny that wayAlthough she has "practically forgotten" how o dance, and is reluctant to dance with Frank in front of her husband, her resistance breaks down when she is encouraged to do so by the jovial Nick.He proceeds into his study where he places the letter on a desk, lights a small lamp, and then leans over to read it.The married couple lovingly embraced in the doorway of their cabin, o face the wind together.[Note: The original script idea (based upon the novel) called for a tragic and downbeat ending - after suffering rape and committing homicide, the heroine Letty wandered blindly into the middle of the sandstorm and disappeared - to presumably die for her crime.After being summoned, Poelzig malevolently opens the door and looms in the background in a dramatic entrance.