The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Synopsis: The sweeping saga of a prominent wealthy family's attempt to adapt to the changing times at the close of a decadent age. Though mutilated by studio executives before studio release, this film... The sweeping saga of a prominent wealthy family's attempt to adapt to the changing times at the close of a decadent age. Though mutilated by studio executives before studio release, this film remains a masterpiece of directorial artistry, as Welles refined the techniques of shadow, quick-cutting, camera angles, and sound manipulation he used for the previous year's "Citizen Kane" and actually edited the film while it was being shot. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington. Academy Award nominations: 4, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Agnes Moorehead), Art Direction-Set Direction, and Cinematography. Winner, Best Actress (Agnes Moorehead) by the N.Y. Film Critics. [More]

Starring: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt

Starring: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, J. Louis Johnson, Donald Dillaway, Charles Phipps, Dorothy Vaughan, Elmer Jerome, John Elliot, Nina Guilbert, Sam Rice, Olive Ball, Kathryn Sheldon, Anne O'Neal, Henry Roquemore, Mel Ford, Lillian Nicholson, Bobby Cooper, Drew Roddy, Jack Baxley, Nancy Gates, James Westerfield, Edwin August, Jack Santoro, Gus Schilling, Georgia Backus, Hilda Plowright, Bob Pittard, Billy Elmer, Maynard Holmes, Lew Kelly, John McGuire, Edward Howard, William Blees, Philip Morris, Louis Hayward

Director: Orson Welles, Freddie Fleck, Robert Wise, Richard Bennett

Director: Orson Welles, Freddie Fleck, Robert Wise, Richard Bennett
Producer: Orson Welles
Screenwriter: Orson Welles
Story: Booth Tarkington
Composer: Bernard Herrmann, Roy Webb

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