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The Magnificent Ambersons . director Orson Welles
11/06/2006, at 08:00 PM
director Orson Welles
screenplay Booth Tarkington, Orson Welles, Jack Moss, Joseph Cotten
country USA
year 1942
duration 88 minutes
color Color
producer Jack Moss, George Schaefer, Orson Welles
cast
cinematography Stanley Cortez, Russell A. Cully, Jack MacKenzie, Russell Metty, Nicholas Musuraca
editor Robert Wise, Jack Moss, Mark Robson
music Bernard Herrmann, Roy Webb
director Orson Welles
screenplay Booth Tarkington, Orson Welles, Jack Moss, Joseph Cotten
country USA
year 1942
duration 88 minutes
color Color
producer Jack Moss, George Schaefer, Orson Welles
cast
Joseph Cotten
Dolores Costello
Anne Baxter
Tim Holt
Agnes Moorehead
u.a.
cinematography Stanley Cortez, Russell A. Cully, Jack MacKenzie, Russell Metty, Nicholas Musuraca
editor Robert Wise, Jack Moss, Mark Robson
music Bernard Herrmann, Roy Webb

synopsis
Orson Welles? second film follows the story of Eug?ne Morgan, an inventor and draftsman, and Isabel Amberson, the daughter of a wealthy upper-class family. Although deeply in love, due to their class distinctions their romance is doomed from the start. When Isabel finally marries the dull and steady Wilbur Minafer, Eug?ne leaves town. Almost 20 years later Eug?ne, now a successful automobile maker and father to 18 year old Lucy, returns and their romance starts all over again, to the great chagrin of Isabel?s arrogant son, George...
