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The Great Moment is a 1944 biographical film written and directed by Preston Sturges. Based on the book Triumph Over Pain (1940) by René Fülöp-Miller, it tells the story of Dr. William Thomas Green Morton, a 19th-century Boston dentist who discovered the use of ether for general anesthesia.
The Great Moment: Directed by Preston Sturges. With Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest. The biography of Dr. W. T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.
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Great Moment, The - (Original Trailer) Director Preston Sturges tells the true story of the first dentist to find a painless method of pulling teeth in The Great Moment (1944).
- Preston Sturges, Edmund Bernoudy
- Joel Mccrea
The Great Moment is a 1944 biographical film written and directed by Preston Sturges. Based on the book Triumph Over Pain (1940) by René Fülöp-Miller, it tells the story of Dr. William Thomas Green Morton, a 19th-century Boston dentist who discovered the use of ether for general anesthesia.
- Preston Sturges
THE GREAT MOMENT. U.S., 1944. Written and directed by Preston Sturges. Starring Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Harry Carey. Approx. 83 min. 35mm.
May 10, 2022 · Release Date February 8, 2022. Duration 81 minutes. By all accounts, Preston Sturges was fully invested in the story of William T. G. Morton (nicely played by Joel McCrea of Sullivan's Travels ), the Massachusetts dentist who invented general anesthesia.
The Great Moment (1944) - Directed by Preston Sturges, produced by Buddy G. DeSylva, Preston Sturges and starring Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Julius Tannen, Edwin Maxwell, Porter Hall,and more...
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