Our Town (1940)

90 min · Drama, Family Drama, Fantasy, Marital Tragedy, drama film, fantasy film, romance film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Sam Wood

Cast

William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Stuart Erwin, Frank Craven, Doro Merande, Philip Wood, Ruth Tobey, Douglas Gardner, Arthur B. Allen, Charles Trowbridge, Spencer Charters, Dix Davis, Tim Davis

The story

The residents of the small town of Grover's Corners in New Hampshire live peacefully and in harmony. Dr. Gibbs, his wife Julie, and their two children George and Rebecca are the neighbors of the Webbs, who have a lovely daughter, Emily, and a younger son, Wally.

Catalogue themes and tags

1900s, 1910s, 20th Century, Appendicitis, Auto, Baby, Birth, Birthday, Bride, Bridegroom, Cat, Choir, College, Commitment, Complicated Birth, Daydreams, Death during Childbirth, Dream world, Drugstore, Drunk, Ehefrau, Ehepaar, Everyday Family Life, Existenz, Familie, Family, Farm, Friedhof, Geister, Groom, High School Komödie, Hochzeit, Husband, Jugendliche, Junge Menschen, Jungs, Just Married, Kaff, Kirche, Kleinstadt, Lecturer, Life Experience, Limbo, Marriage, Medic, Memory, Minister, Mädchen mit langen schwarzen Haaren, Nachbarn, Near-death experience, New England, New Hampshire, Oscarnominierung, Parents-in-law, Pferde, Province, Second Chance, Selbstmord, Sterben, Studenten, Uncle, Universität, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Wedding Vows, Zug

Genres

Drama, Family Drama, Fantasy, Marital Tragedy, drama film, fantasy film, romance film

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