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Description: FRANK CRAVEN, WILLIAM HOLDEN, MARTHA SCOTT, FAY BAINTER, BEULAH BONDI, THOMAS MITCHELL, GUY KIBBEE, STUART ERWIN, PHILLIP WOOD, DORO MERANDE, RUTH TOBEY, DOUGLAS GARDINER, ARTHUR ALLEN, SPENCER CHARTERS, TIM DAVIS, DIX DAVIS, DAN WHITE, CHARLES TROWBRIDGE SMALL TOWN AMERICA IS TYPIFIED BY THE ROLE OF MR. MORGAN THE NARRATOR, A DOWN HOME PHILOSOPHER WHO PROFILES THE LIVES OF CITIZENS LIVING IN GROVER'S CORNERS IN NEW ENGLAND. EMILY WEBB IS THE IDEALISTIC BUT HARD WORKING DAUGHTER OF THE LOCAL EDITOR AND GEORGE GIBBS IS THE SON OF THE LOCAL PHYSICIAN, WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER. THEY GO THRU A DIFFICULT COURTSHIP AND GEORGE FINALLY WINS EMILY'S HAND IN MARRIAGE, ONLY TO LOSE HER DURING CHILDBIRTH. LIFE IN THIS PEACEFUL, QUAINT SMALL TOWN IS SHOWN IN THREE PERIODS, 1901, 1904 AND 1913, WITH ATTENTION BASICALLY FOCUSED UPON TWO FAMILIES, THOSE OF THE GIBBS AND THE WEBBS, SHOWING THE ADOLESCENCE & MATURING OF THE BOY & GIRL WHILE AN ADULT WORLD LOOKS ON AMUSED & DELIGHTED AT THE EVENTUAL BOND BETWEEN THE TWO. THE PORTRAIT IS A MICROCOSM OF SMALL TOWN AMERICA BEFORE WWII. SHOWS THE LAUGHTER, THE LOVE, AND PAIN IN THE LIVES OF THESE HEARTWARMING CHARACTERS.

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