The Great Moment
Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!
1944 | 83m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Preston Sturges |
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| Writer: | Preston Sturges, René Fülöp-Miller |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 18, 1944 |
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| Director: | Preston Sturges |
| Writer: | Preston Sturges, René Fülöp-Miller |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | boston, massachusetts, biography, dentist |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Franklyn Farnum | Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited) |
| Byron Foulger | Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited) |
| Hank Worden | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited) |
| Arthur Hoyt | Presidential Secretary (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Preston Sturges | Screenplay, Director |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| René Fülöp-Miller | Writer |
| Stuart Gilmore | Editor |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Stephen Seymour | Set Decoration |
| Victor Milner | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
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| Buddy G. DeSylva | Executive Producer |
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