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Our Town is a 1940 American drama romance film adaptation of the 1938 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder, starring Martha Scott as Emily Webb, and William Holden as George Gibbs. The cast also included Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee and Frank Craven.
Our Town (1940) was director Sam Wood's sensitive film treatment of one of the theater's best-loved examples of Americana, Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about life in the fictional New Hampshire town of Grover's Corners in the years 1900 through 1913.
- Sam Wood, John Sherwood, Lee Sholem
- Frank Craven
Our Town: Directed by Sam Wood. With William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi. Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.
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- Drama, Family, Romance
- Sam Wood
- 1940-05-24
May 24, 2003 · Our Town. Thornton Wilder's classic play on Grover's Corners, a fictional small town and its story taking place between 1901 and 1913, dealing with themes as life, death and the everyday routine of its many residents, all followed and detailed by the Stage Manager.
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- Drama, Family, Romance
- James Naughton
- 2003-05-24
Dec 31, 2014 · Our Town is a 1940 film adaptation of a play of the same name by Thornton Wilder starring William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee and Frank Craven. It was adapted by Harry Chandlee, Craven and Wilder.
- 87 min
- 86.1K
Our Town is a three-act play written by American playwright Thornton Wilder in 1938. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", it presents the fictional American town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens.
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Our Town. Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. Birth, life and death in this small community, based on a Thornton Wilder play. Sweet and sensitive. Buoyed by wise performances.
