View Item - FM-M008-1942
Language:
EnglishCategory:
DramaDuration:
88 minutesCatalog Num:
FM-M008-1942 Title:
The Magnificent AmbersonsItem Type:
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VHSProgram:
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AvailableThe magnificent Orson Welles directed this brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to ""Citizen Kane."" Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870`s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. Pretty Isabel forsakes Eugene Morgan (James Cotten), her never-do-well true love, for the more socially acceptable Wibur Minafer. The marriage produces an incredibly spoiled brat, George (Tim Holt), whom everyone predicts will one day receive his "come-uppance." That day arrives when all of the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin. Notes:
. Director: Orson Welles. Actors: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Richard Bennet . Black and White. Country: US. No Subtitles.
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