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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 075

Home Town Story

195161 minUnited States

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: English
This copy runs: 61:00
Subtitles: English

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Synopsis

After losing an election, a politician takes over a local newspaper and uses its pages to campaign against the industrial interests he blames for his defeat. A crisis involving his younger sister tests the assumptions behind that campaign. The drama examines community, business and persuasion from a distinctly mid-century viewpoint.

Cast

Jeffrey Lynn

Blake Washburn

Donald Crisp

John MacFarland

Marjorie Reynolds

Janice Hunt

Marilyn Monroe

Iris Martin

DirectorsArthur Pierson

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Jeffrey Lynn — Trailer screenshot Licencing information : https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2 · Public domain
Donald Crisp — Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Pictures · Public domain
Marjorie Reynolds — Studio Publicity · Public domain
Marilyn Monroe — Bert Parry · Public domain

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