The Magnificent Ambersons

Welles utilized the stationary camera and long tracking shots in this story of the decline of the wealthy Ambersons. (Circulates)

The Ambersons are by far the wealthiest family in the small midwestern city of Indianapolis at the beginning of the 20th century. Eugene Morgan is a young man who is courting Isabel Amberson, but she rejects him after he publicly embarasses her. Isabel marries Wilbur Minafer, a passionless man she does not love, and becomes the terror of the town. Eugene becomes very wealthy in automobile manufacturing, and Eugene begins to court Isabel.

Credits

Cast
Joseph Cotten, Anne Baxter, Dolores Costello, Agnes Moorehead, Tim Holt
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Welles utilized the stationary camera and long tracking shots in this story of the decline of the wealthy Ambersons. (Circulates)
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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q628664 ↗ — country