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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
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
Currently you are able to watch "The Glass Menagerie" streaming on Pluto TV for free with ads. Synopsis A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
- Paul Newman
- 134 min
- 3
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.
- Drama
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Overview. An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her dreams of what life should be. Irving Rapper. Director. Tennessee Williams. Screenplay. Peter Berneis.
