The Magnificent Ambersons
Dir: Orson WellesCast: Tim Holt, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello
88mins 1942 US Certificate: U English
The Magnificent Ambersons
Introduced by Depot's Chair of Trustees, Robert Senior
Orson Welles' acclaimed drama follows two generations in a well-to-do Indianapolis family.
Isabel Amberson receives a proposal from dashing Eugene, but opts instead to marry boring Wilbur. Time passes, and Wilbur and Isabel's only son, George, is loathed as a controlling figure in the town.
When Wilbur dies, Eugene again proposes to Isabel, but George threatens the union. As George in turn courts the woman he wants to marry, a string of tragedies befalls the family.