The Great Moment
Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!
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The Great McGinty
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The Great McGinty (Blu-ray)
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The Great Moment (Blu-ray)
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 21 minutes
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 31, 2017
- Originally Released: 1944
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Joel McCrea & Betty Field | |
| Performer: | Harry Carey, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Julius Tannen, Edwin Maxwell, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Harry Hayden, Torben Meyer, Thurston Hall & J. Farrell MacDonald | |
| Directed by | Preston Sturges | |
| Edited by | Stuart Gilmore | |
| Screenwriting by | Preston Sturges | |
| Composition by | Victor Young | |
| Art Direction by | Hans Dreier & Ernst Fegté | |
| Director of Photography: | Victor Milner |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: A- --
A very agreeable biopic that is both delightfully comical and insightfully touching.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 5/5 --
One of lesser known gems by master Preston Sturges.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
An interesting failure of a movie.
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Film4
Rating: 3/4 --
Director Sturges, better known for his comedies, handles the drama and story well.
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TV Guide
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Perhaps scientific inspiration is not conventionally reverenced in this film. But, at least, Mr. Sturges has triumphed over stiffness in screen biography.
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New York Times
Recut by the studio and generally considered to be a failure, it's nevertheless an oddly moving film that sticks obstinately and agreeably in the mind.
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Time Out
Description by OLDIES.com:
Inspired by the true life story of Dr. William Morton, a dedicated dentist (Joel McCrea) discovers ether, otherwise known as anesthesia, in 1846.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 43,407
- UPC: 025192397431
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item
