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The Glass Menagerie is a 1950 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper. The screenplay by Tennessee Williams and Peter Berneis is based on the 1944 Williams play of the same title. It was the first of his plays to be adapted for the screen.
The Glass Menagerie: Directed by Irving Rapper. With Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence, Arthur Kennedy. Merchant marine officer Tom Wingfield reminisces about his life in St. Louis where he had lived with his nagging mother Amanda and crippled shy sister Laura.
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- Drama
- Irving Rapper
- 1951-02-23
Based on the renowned Tennessee Williams play, this domestic drama focuses on the fatherless Wingfield family. Matriarch Amanda (Gertrude Lawrence) is a former Southern belle determined to find a...
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- Irving Rapper
- Drama
- Jane Wyman
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Brief Synopsis. This first movie version of the Tennessee Williams play about a faded, aging Southern belle, her shy, crippled daughter and her "selfish dreamer" of a son more or less sticks to the original story, except for a compromise ending which strives to be more upbeat.
- Irving Rapper, Don Page
- Jane Wyman
The Glass Menagerie. Long abandoned by her husband, Amanda Whitfield (Katharine Hepburn) lives in a small St. Louis apartment with her grown children, smothering them both with her attention....
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- Anthony Harvey
- Drama
The Glass Menagerie (1950) : Brief Review - Tennessee Williams' classic and perhaps the best story ever gets the best cinematic adaptation at the hands of Irving Rapper. Tennessee's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire may have been popular, but I found them a little overrated.
1950 Directed by Irving Rapper. Four Academy Award predictions! Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence, Arthur Kennedy. An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her dreams of what life should be. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
