The Magnificent Ambersons

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American film black-and-white film drama film film

The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 Orson Welles film adaptation of Booth Tarkington’s novel, chronicling the decline of a wealthy Midwestern family amid the rise of industrialization.

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The Magnificent Ambersons canonical 15
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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAwardNomination Best Art Direction–Interior Decoration, Black-and-White ⓘ
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ⓘ
Best Picture ⓘ
Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
adaptationOf Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ⓘ
basedOn The Magnificent Ambersons self-link ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Booth Tarkington ⓘ
cinematographyBy Stanley Cortez ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Orson Welles ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion North America ⓘ
editedBy Robert Wise ⓘ
filmStudioSystemEra Hollywood studio era ⓘ
follows Citizen Kane ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lostFootageStatus significant original footage lost ⓘ
mainCharacter Eugene Morgan ⓘ
Fanny Minafer ⓘ
George Minafer ⓘ
Isabel Amberson Minafer ⓘ
musicBy Bernard Herrmann ⓘ
narratedBy Orson Welles ⓘ
narrativeFocus decline of a wealthy family ⓘ
notableFor studio-imposed cuts ⓘ
novelPublicationYear 1918 ⓘ
partOf Orson Welles ⓘ
surface form: Orson Welles filmography
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
recognizedAs classic of American cinema ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1942-07-10 ⓘ
releaseYear 1942 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 88 ⓘ
screenwriter Orson Welles ⓘ
settingLocation Midwestern United States ⓘ
stars Agnes Moorehead ⓘ
Anne Baxter ⓘ
Dolores Costello ⓘ
Joseph Cotten ⓘ
Ray Collins ⓘ
Tim Holt ⓘ
theme class decline ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
social change ⓘ

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Anne Baxter → notableWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
RKO Radio Pictures → notableWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
Orson Welles → notableWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
Orson Welles → directed → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
Joseph Cotten → notableWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
Mark Robson → edited → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
Agnes Moorehead → notableWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
Robert Wise → edited → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
Vernon L. Walker → workedOn → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Magnificent Ambersons (film)
Ray Collins → notableWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
Booth Tarkington → notableWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
Booth Tarkington → adaptationOfWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Magnificent Ambersons (film)
Tarkington → associatedWithWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
The Magnificent Ambersons → basedOn → The Magnificent Ambersons self-link ⓘ
Anita Louise → notableWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
Dolores Costello → notableWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
Cotten → notableWork → The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ
subject surface form: Joseph Cotten