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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 101

Our Town

194090 minUnited States

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: English
This copy runs: 89:34
Subtitles: English

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Synopsis

Two neighbouring families share the daily rhythms of a New Hampshire town. As George and Emily grow up and marry, apparently ordinary moments acquire a different weight through the passage of time. Their story asks what people notice, and what they overlook, while living their lives.

Cast

William Holden

George Gibbs

Martha Scott

Emily Webb

Fay Bainter

Mrs. Julia Gibbs

Thomas Mitchell

Dr. Frank F. Gibbs

DirectorsSam Wood

Inspirations

Thornton Wilder's 1938 play supplies the setting and characters. Its interest in everyday experience gives this literary adaptation a different scale from dramas driven primarily by exceptional events.

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William Holden — Studio Publicity · Public domain
Martha Scott — New York Sunday News · Public domain
Fay Bainter — Bureau of Industrial Service. The bureau was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam and was widely used by those in the television industry to distribute publicity material. · Public domain
Thomas Mitchell — NBC Television · Public domain

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