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The Great Moment

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5.9/10 • 20

1944-07-181h 23m

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Paramount's escapist laugh tonic! Hilarious as a whiff of laughing gas!

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.

Directors
Preston Sturges
Writters
René Fülöp-Miller
Editors
René Fülöp-Miller, Stuart Gilmore

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  1. Joel McCrea

    Joel McCrea

    William Thomas Green Morton

  2. Betty Field

    Betty Field

    Elizabeth Morton

  3. Harry Carey

    Harry Carey

    Professor John C. Warren

  4. William Demarest

    William Demarest

    Eben Frost

  5. Louis Jean Heydt

    Louis Jean Heydt

    Dr. Horace Wells

  6. Julius Tannen

    Julius Tannen

    Dr. Charles T. Jackson

  7. Edwin Maxwell

    Edwin Maxwell

    Vice-President of Medical Society

  8. Porter Hall

    Porter Hall

    President Franklin Pierce

  9. Franklin Pangborn

    Franklin Pangborn

    Dr. Heywood

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
boston, massachusettsbiographydentist