Movie·1944·1h 23m
The Great Moment
Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
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.
Written By
René Fülöp-Miller
Producer
Buddy G. DeSylva
Cinematography
Victor Milner
Music
Victor Young
Editor
Stuart Gilmore
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Joel McCrea
William Thomas Green Morton
Betty Field
Elizabeth Morton
Harry Carey
Professor John C. Warren
William Demarest
Eben Frost
Louis Jean Heydt
Dr. Horace Wells
Julius Tannen
Dr. Charles T. Jackson
Edwin Maxwell
Vice-President of Medical Society
Porter Hall
President Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pangborn
Dr. Heywood
Grady Sutton
Homer Quimby
Donivee Lee
Betty Morton
Harry Hayden
Judge Shipman
Torben Meyer
Dr. Dahlmeyer
Victor Potel
First Dental Patient
Thurston Hall
Senator Borland
J. Farrell MacDonald
The Priest
Roscoe Ates
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Onlooker (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Stuart Gilmore
Editor
René Fülöp-Miller
Writer
Preston Sturges
Screenplay, Director
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Victor Milner
Director of Photography
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