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The Magnificent Ambersons

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

Director

Orson Welles, Fred Fleck, Robert Wise

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Mercury Productions,RKO Radio Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 4 Oscars. 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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Eugene Morgan

Isabel Amberson Minafer

Dolores Costello

Lucy Morgan

George Minafer

Fanny Minafer

Agnes Moorehead

Jack Amberson

Roger Bronson

Erskine Sanford

Major Amberson

Richard Bennett

Narrator

Citizen

Matron

Citizen

Harry A. Bailey

Mary - Maid

Reverend Smith

Young Man at Accident

Citizen

George Minafer as a Boy

Wilbur Minafer

Workman

Guest

Servant

Citizen

Fred Kinney

Girl

Guest

Citizen

Chauffeur

Citizen

Attendee at Funeral

Sam - Butler

J. Louis Johnson

Citizen

Citizen

Citizen

Young Man

Policeman

Mrs. Foster

Citizen

Uncle John

Charles R. Phipps

Nurse

Hilda Plowright

Elijah

Hardware Man

Henry Roquemore

Barber

Drug Clerk

Matron

Kathryn Sheldon

Wife

Mrs. Johnson

Dorothy Vaughan

Policeman at Accident

James Westerfield

Citizen

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Lucy Morgan Narrator Maj. Amberson Citizen Roger Bronson Fanny Minafer

Against so homespun a background, - The Magnificent Ambersons

Against so homespun a background,

- Is Miss Amberson at home?
- No, sir, Mr. Morgan. - The Magnificent Ambersons

- Is Miss Amberson at home? - No, sir, Mr. Morgan.

Oh I didn't catch his name when my mother presented him to me - The Magnificent Ambersons

Oh I didn't catch his name when my mother presented him...

How all these ducks get to know you so quick - The Magnificent Ambersons

How all these ducks get to know you so quick

Anybody that really is anybody ought to be able to do - The Magnificent Ambersons

Anybody that really is anybody ought to be able to do

How's that for a bit of freshness What was - The Magnificent Ambersons

How's that for a bit of freshness What was

Most girls are usually pretty fresh they ought go to a man's college for about a year - The Magnificent Ambersons

Most girls are usually pretty fresh they ought go to a...

My gosh old times - The Magnificent Ambersons

My gosh old times

What do you mean - The Magnificent Ambersons

What do you mean

Horseless carriages automobiles - The Magnificent Ambersons

Horseless carriages automobiles

How lovely your mother is I think she is - The Magnificent Ambersons

How lovely your mother is I think she is

What's wrong with it, Gene? - The Magnificent Ambersons

What's wrong with it, Gene?

Jack! Push! Not in front of there! - The Magnificent Ambersons

Jack! Push! Not in front of there!

Come on! Push! Come on, Jack! - The Magnificent Ambersons

Come on! Push! Come on, Jack!

Come on, Georgie! Push! - The Magnificent Ambersons

Come on, Georgie! Push!

Wilbur Minafer quiet man - The Magnificent Ambersons

Wilbur Minafer quiet man

Wilbur Minafer. - The Magnificent Ambersons

Wilbur Minafer.

I suppose your mother is been pretty gay at the commencement - The Magnificent Ambersons

I suppose your mother is been pretty gay at the commencement

The original Morgan Invincible I remember - The Magnificent Ambersons

The original Morgan Invincible I remember

Isabel, dear. - The Magnificent Ambersons

I'll still take a horse any day. - The Magnificent Ambersons

I'll still take a horse any day.

So your devilish machines are going to ruin all your old friends eh Gene - The Magnificent Ambersons

So your devilish machines are going to ruin all your old...

What did you say George I said automobiles are a useless nuisance - The Magnificent Ambersons

What did you say George I said automobiles are a useless...

Well, Major, if you'll excuse me. - The Magnificent Ambersons

Well, Major, if you'll excuse me.

Georgie dear, what did you mean? - The Magnificent Ambersons

Georgie dear, what did you mean?

By Jove, Georgie, you are a puzzle. - The Magnificent Ambersons

By Jove, Georgie, you are a puzzle.

Nobody has a good name and a silly mouth either - The Magnificent Ambersons

Nobody has a good name and a silly mouth either

Needn't mind, Mary.
I'll see who it is and what they want. - The Magnificent Ambersons

Needn't mind, Mary. I'll see who it is and what th...

- Isabel?
- Yes. - The Magnificent Ambersons

- Isabel? - Yes.

Well! - The Magnificent Ambersons

- He's telling her what you did to Eugene.
- You go back to your room. - The Magnificent Ambersons

- He's telling her what you did to Eugene. - You go bac...

Oh dearest woman in the world I know what your son is to you and it frightens me - The Magnificent Ambersons

Oh dearest woman in the world I know what your son is to you...

I promise you
that if you will take heart for it, - The Magnificent Ambersons

I promise you that if you will take heart for it,

Don't strike my life down twice, dear. - The Magnificent Ambersons

Don't strike my life down twice, dear.

Did you read it, dear? - The Magnificent Ambersons

Did you read it, dear?

Well, what do you think, Georgie? - The Magnificent Ambersons

Well, what do you think, Georgie?

That's true, Georgie. - The Magnificent Ambersons

That's true, Georgie.

I'll write Eugene. - The Magnificent Ambersons

I'll write Eugene.

Lucy, you ‒ - The Magnificent Ambersons

Don't you remember - The Magnificent Ambersons

Don't you remember

- I think it's good-bye for good, Lucy.
- Good-bye, George. - The Magnificent Ambersons

- I think it's good-bye for good, Lucy. - Good-bye, Geo...

May I please have a few drops
of aromatic spirits of ammonia - The Magnificent Ambersons

May I please have a few drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia

Changed. - The Magnificent Ambersons

I've come to see your mother, George. - The Magnificent Ambersons

I've come to see your mother, George.

I don't think you should right now. - The Magnificent Ambersons

I don't think you should right now.

I wonder... - The Magnificent Ambersons

I'd like to have seen him... - The Magnificent Ambersons

I'd like to have seen him...

And now Major Amberson was engaged in the profoundest thinking of his life - The Magnificent Ambersons

And now Major Amberson was engaged in the profoundest...

It must be in the sun - The Magnificent Ambersons

It must be in the sun

Uh ‒ - The Magnificent Ambersons

Ah you can't ever tell what will happen at all can you - The Magnificent Ambersons

Ah you can't ever tell what will happen at all can you

Ah life and money both behave like loose quicksilver in a nest of cracks - The Magnificent Ambersons

Ah life and money both behave like loose quicksilver in a...

Couldn't wait till tomorrow to begin the law is a jealous mistress and a stern mistress - The Magnificent Ambersons

Couldn't wait till tomorrow to begin the law is a...

Through what seemed to be the strange streets of a strange city - The Magnificent Ambersons

Through what seemed to be the strange streets of a strange...

Mother, forgive me. - The Magnificent Ambersons

Mother, forgive me.

Something had happened a thing which years ago - The Magnificent Ambersons

Something had happened a thing which years ago

So that I could ask you to forgive me - The Magnificent Ambersons

So that I could ask you to forgive me

I never noticed before
how much like Isabel Georgie looks. - The Magnificent Ambersons

I never noticed before how much like Isabel Georgie looks.

But it seemed to me
as if someone else was in that room. - The Magnificent Ambersons

But it seemed to me as if someone else was in that room.

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The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

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Director: Orson Welles, Fred Fleck, Robert Wise

Writer: Booth Tarkington, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten

Production: Mercury Productions,RKO Radio Pictures

Genre: drama, romance

Year: 1942

MetaScore: 93/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 10 Jul 1942

Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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