Our Town Summary
Director: Sam Wood
Genres: Drama
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Thornton_Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town is given the Hollywood treatment in this adaptation directed by Sam_Wood featuring an evocative score by Aaron_Copland and outstanding production design by William_Cameron_Menzies. Frank_Craven is Mr. Morgan, the narrator and our guide through the small town of Grover's Corners in the more innocent American times of 1901, 1904, and 1913. Mr. Morgan chronicles the lives of a handful of Grover's Corners citizens, centering upon Emily Webb (Martha_Scott), the daughter of the local newspaper editor (Guy_Kibbee), and George Gibbs (William_Holden), the son of the local doctor (Thomas_Mitchell). Emily and George fall in love and the film details their difficult courtship, marriage, and tragic childbirth. The film was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, losing out to Rebecca. Paul Brenner, Rovi
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