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The Magnificent Ambersons
Real life screened more daringly than it’s ever been before!
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
- Original title
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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Jun 26, 2022 · via TMDB
This is a actually quite a sad story; though given the wealth and opportunity offered the young "George" (Tim Holt) it might seem fatuous to say so. He is born into a family with money, status and privilege so, consequently, grows up into a young man with little, if any, appreciation of anything - all he wants to do is sail boats. As the plot develops, we see the return of "Eugene" (Joseph Cotton) the man his mother, now widowed, (Dolores Costello) really did love before a childish spat drove her into the arms of the dreary, but reliable, "Wilbur". "George" is determined to ensure that any rekindling of their erstwhile romance is well and truly throttled and so, broadly speaking, misery ensues for all concerned. That "George" is heading for a fall is writ large, and there is soon quite a queue of folks happy to oblige as his arrogance and thoughtlessness causes havoc to all - including himself. It is a gentle melodrama and it is largely devoid of any action, in the typical sense, but the characters do epitomise the wastrel, take-it-for-granted attitudes of the bored, wealthy, aspiring and just plain ignorant very well. Agnes Moorhead stands out as "Fanny", the spinster who tries to keep "George" from his own worst excesses, and Orson Welles resists the temptation to be too judgmental (or overbearing) with his narrative that gently guides us along, now and again.
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Joseph Cotten
Eugene Morgan
Dolores Costello
Isabel Amberson Minafer
Anne Baxter
Lucy Morgan
Tim Holt
George Minafer
Agnes Moorehead
Fanny Minafer
Ray Collins
Jack Amberson
Erskine Sanford
Roger Bronson
Richard Bennett
Major Amberson
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
Edwin August
Citizen (uncredited)
Georgia Backus
Matron (uncredited)
Don Dillaway
Wilbur Minafer (uncredited)
John Elliott
Guest (uncredited)
William Elmer
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Nancy Gates
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Maynard Holmes
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Lew Kelly
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Gil Perkins
Citizen (uncredited)
Gus Schilling
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James Westerfield
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Orson Welles
Additional Photography
Stanley Cortez
Director of Photography
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
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Robert Wise
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Orson Welles
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Orson Welles
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Jul 9, 1942
Los Angeles, California
Jul 10, 1942
