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The Glass Menagerie is a 1950 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper. The screenplay by Tennessee Williams and Peter Berneis is based on the 1944 Williams play of the same title . It was the first of his plays to be adapted for the screen.
The Glass Menagerie: Directed by Irving Rapper. With Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence, Arthur Kennedy. Merchant marine officer Tom Wingfield reminisces about his life in St. Louis where he had lived with his nagging mother Amanda and crippled shy sister Laura.
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- Drama
- Irving Rapper
- 1951-02-23
Rated 3.5/5 Stars • 01/16/23. The only film adaptation of the play with which Williams himself was involved, "The Glass Menagerie" plays the comedy unusually light, often sidestepping or de ...
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- Irving Rapper
- Drama
- Jane Wyman
Sep 30, 1950. by Tennessee Williams, as presented on the stage by Eddie Dowling and Louis J. Singer (New York, 31 Mar 1945). During the early morning watch, Merchant Marine Tom Wingfield remembers his life in a shabby St. Louis apartment with his mother Amanda and crippled sister Laura: Although she must sell magazine subscriptions to ...
- Irving Rapper, Don Page
- Jane Wyman
Glass Menagerie, The (1950) *** (out of 4) Excellent performances make up for a slow pace in this adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play. An aging Southern Belle (Gertrude Lawrence) makes life horrible for her ambitious son (Arthur Kennedy) and crippled daughter (Jane Wyman) because of her dreams of what life should be.
Overview. An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her dreams of what life should be. Irving Rapper. Director. Tennessee Williams. Screenplay. Peter Berneis. Screenplay. Join the Community.
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The Glass Menagerie. List. Tom Wingfield looks back on his relationship with his mother, Amanda, and sister, Laura, all of whom were abandoned by patriarch Mr. Wingfield 16 years earlier. Tom ...
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