Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1944 · 1h 23m

The Great Moment

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Director
Preston Sturges
Cast
Joel McCrea as William Thomas Green Morton Betty Field as Elizabeth Morton Harry Carey as Professor John C. Warren William Demarest as Eben Frost Louis Jean Heydt as Dr. Horace Wells Julius Tannen as Dr. Charles T. Jackson
Crew
Victor Milner — Director of Photography Stuart Gilmore — Editor Victor Young — Original Music Composer Preston Sturges — Screenplay René Fülöp-Miller — Writer Edith Head — Costume Design
Tagline

Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!

Synopsis

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.

Mood & Themes
boston, massachusettsbiographydentist
Key Collaborators
Preston Sturges Director Victor Milner Director of Photography Stuart Gilmore Editor Victor Young Original Music Composer Preston Sturges Screenplay René Fülöp-Miller Writer Edith Head Costume Design
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