Magnificent Obsession

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Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 romantic drama film, based on Lloyd C. Douglas’s novel, known for its themes of redemption and self-sacrifice and for earning Jane Wyman an Academy Award nomination.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
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surface form: Magnificent Obsession (novel)
authorOfSourceWork Lloyd C. Douglas ⓘ
basedOn Magnificent Obsession self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Magnificent Obsession (novel)
cinematographyBy Russell Metty ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReputation classic Hollywood melodrama ⓘ
director Douglas Sirk ⓘ
distributedIn theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Universal-International Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Milton Carruth ⓘ
era 1950s Hollywood cinema ⓘ
filmingTechnique studio-based production ⓘ
genre melodrama ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
hasAudienceReception commercially successful ⓘ
hasSettingElement American upper-class society ⓘ
leadActor Rock Hudson ⓘ
leadActress Jane Wyman ⓘ
musicBy Frank Skinner ⓘ
narrativeFocus personal redemption through altruism ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress for Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
notableFor Jane Wyman’s Academy Award-nominated performance ⓘ
emotional melodrama ⓘ
lush visual style ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Douglas Sirk ⓘ
surface form: Douglas Sirk filmography
producer Ross Hunter ⓘ
productionCompany Universal-International Pictures ⓘ
releaseYear 1954 ⓘ
remakeOf Magnificent Obsession self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Magnificent Obsession (1935 film)
runtimeMinutes 108 ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Blees ⓘ
Wells Root ⓘ
setIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
starring Agnes Moorehead ⓘ
Barbara Rush ⓘ
Gregg Palmer ⓘ
Jane Wyman ⓘ
Otto Kruger ⓘ
Rock Hudson ⓘ
Sara Shane ⓘ
studioSystem Hollywood studio system ⓘ
theme redemption ⓘ
self-sacrifice ⓘ
spiritual transformation ⓘ

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subject surface form: Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
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Rock Hudson → notableWork → Magnificent Obsession ⓘ
Sarah Jane Mayfield → notableWork → Magnificent Obsession ⓘ
Otto Kruger → notableWork → Magnificent Obsession ⓘ
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Ross Hunter → notableWork → Magnificent Obsession ⓘ
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Universal-International Pictures → notableWork → Magnificent Obsession ⓘ
Sara Shane → notableWork → Magnificent Obsession ⓘ
Robert Blees → notableWork → Magnificent Obsession ⓘ
Robert Blees → workedOn → Magnificent Obsession ⓘ
Barbara Rush → notableWork → Magnificent Obsession ⓘ