Eugene
Search results
The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 American period drama written, produced, and directed by Orson Welles. Welles adapted Booth Tarkington 's Pulitzer Prize –winning 1918 novel about the declining fortunes of a wealthy Midwestern family and the social changes brought by the automobile age .
A 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington about the decline of an aristocratic family in Indianapolis. It won the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into films by Orson Welles and others.
The Magnificent Ambersons: Directed by Orson Welles, Fred Fleck, Robert Wise. With Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt. The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
- (27K)
- Drama, Romance
- Orson Welles, Fred Fleck, Robert Wise
- 1942-07-10
The Magnificent Ambersons is the story of George Amberson Minafer, often called “Georgie,” the scion of the Amberson family, which is the most prominent family in an unnamed midwestern town. “At sight of them the grandeur of the Amberson family was instantly conspicuous as a permanent thing: it was impossible to doubt that the Ambersons were entrenched, in their nobility and riches ...
- (11.6K)
- Paperback
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) was written, produced, and directed by Orson Welles and is based on the 1918 Booth Tarkington novel of the same name. The Ambersons are the wealthiest family in ...
- (45)
- Joseph Cotten
- Orson Welles
- Drama
Orson Welles's second film, based on a Booth Tarkington novel, depicts the decline of a wealthy family in turn-of-the-century Indianapolis. The Criterion edition features a new 4K restoration, commentaries, interviews, essays, and more.
People also ask
Who are the actors in the Magnificent Ambersons?
When was the Magnificent Ambersons published?
Is the Magnificent Ambersons a classic?
Is the Magnificent Ambersons based on a true story?
Learn about the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Booth Tarkington and the classic film by Orson Welles, both based on the decline of a wealthy family in a Midwestern town. Explore the themes of modernization, industrialization, and family drama in this article by Britannica.
