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The Great Moment (1944)

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

Genre : Comedy, Drama

Runtime : 1H 23M

Director : Preston Sturges
Writer : Preston Sturges

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.

Actors

Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea
William Thomas Green Morton
Betty Field
Betty Field
Elizabeth Morton
Harry Carey
Harry Carey
Professor John C. Warren
William Demarest
William Demarest
Eben Frost
Louis Jean Heydt
Louis Jean Heydt
Dr. Horace Wells
Julius Tannen
Julius Tannen
Dr. Charles T. Jackson
Edwin Maxwell
Edwin Maxwell
Vice-President of Medical Society
Porter Hall
Porter Hall
President Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn
Dr. Heywood
Grady Sutton
Grady Sutton
Homer Quimby
Donivee Lee
Donivee Lee
Betty Morton
Harry Hayden
Harry Hayden
Judge Shipman
Torben Meyer
Torben Meyer
Dr. Dahlmeyer
Victor Potel
Victor Potel
First Dental Patient
Thurston Hall
Thurston Hall
Senator Borland
J. Farrell MacDonald
J. Farrell MacDonald
The Priest
Roscoe Ates
Roscoe Ates
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Hank Bell
Onlooker (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Franklyn Farnum
Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Hank Worden
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)

Crews

Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges
Director
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges
Screenplay
René Fülöp-Miller
René Fülöp-Miller
Writer
Buddy G. DeSylva
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Victor Young
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Stuart Gilmore
Stuart Gilmore
Editor
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Ernst Fegté
Ernst Fegté
Art Direction
Stephen Seymour
Stephen Seymour
Set Decoration
Edith Head
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Victor Milner
Victor Milner
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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