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The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
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Contemplative, grave, earnest and prestige.
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20227/10
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
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Cast
- Joseph CottenEugene Morgan
- Dolores CostelloIsabel Amberson Minafer
- Anne BaxterLucy Morgan
- Tim HoltGeorge Minafer
- Agnes MooreheadFanny Minafer
- Ray CollinsJack Amberson
- Erskine SanfordRoger Bronson
- Richard BennettMajor Amberson
- Orson WellesNarrator (voice)
- Edwin AugustCitizen (uncredited)
Crew
- Orson WellesDirector
- Orson WellesScreenplay
- Booth TarkingtonNovel
- Stanley CortezDirector of Photography
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- Robert WiseEditor
- Orson WellesProducer
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