The Great Moment

The Great Moment

1944 · 83 min · EN · NR · 6.0 (18 votes)
Dir. Preston Sturges · Starring Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Julius Tannen · Music Victor Young

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

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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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A charming and earnest look at a determined dentist's fight for progress. It feels like a warm, inspiring journey through a pivotal moment in medical history, full of wit and perseverance.

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bostonmassachusettsbiographydentist
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