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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authorOfSourceWork Lloyd C. Douglas NERFINISHED
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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
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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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