The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942 | 1h 28m | Drama | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

A spat between the wealthy Isabel Amberson and her beau, the brash inventor Eugene Morgan, launches a chain of events that will haunt two families for generations in this Orson Welles classic.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Orson Welles

CAST

Joseph Cotten

Tim Holt

Agnes Moorehead

Anne Baxter

Dolores Costello

Ray Collins

Erskine Sanford

Richard Bennett

Don Dillaway

PRODUCERS

Orson Welles

WRITERS

Orson Welles

Booth Tarkington

Host Intros

01:25
Dave Karger Intro -- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Intro Aired: Jan 2019
TCM's Dave Karger introduces The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942.
01:52
Michael Feinstein Intro -- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Intro Aired: Aug 2016
Guest host Michael Feinstein introduces The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942.

Related Videos

02:47
Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) The Magnificence
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Joseph Cotten (as "Eugene") is featured in the unaccustomed role of a fashion model, supporting the director's famous narration at the opening of Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942, from the Booth Tarkington novel.
03:59
Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Get A Horse!
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Lucy (Anne Baxter) and local scion George (Tim Holt) on a sleigh ride encounter her father, inventor Eugene (Joseph Cotten) and his merry band in his motor-car in a spectacular sequence from Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942.
02:54
Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Will Resent It
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Writer-director Orson Welles enjoying his shot, as spiteful aunt Fanny (Agnes Moorehead) means to congratulate nephew George (Tim Holt) for defending the honor of her sister, his mother, as it becomes clear he was unaware of the rumored offense of which she was accused, in The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942.
Peter Bogdanovich On Orson Welles -- (TCM Original) TCM Classic Film Festival
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Director and author Peter Bogdanovich on The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942, and his long friendship with Orson Welles, from Saturday's screening at the TCM Classic Film Festival.
03:08
Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Your Devilish Machines
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Major Amberson (Richard Bennett) leads the dinner conversation in which the affronted George (Tim Holt) insults automobile entrepeneur Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotten) in Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942.
02:16
Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Very Well Indeed!
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Director Orson Welles' narration and shooting set up George Amberson (Tim Holt) in his single-minded greetings to Eugene (Joseph Cotten), the one-time beau of his society-matron mother (Dolores Costello), and his daughter Lucy (Anne Baxter) in The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942.
02:04
Magnificent Ambersons, The - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A possessive son's efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942).

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