The Glass Menagerie (1950)

Directors

Irving Rapper

Cast

Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence, Arthur Kennedy

The story

While on duty, Merchant Mariner Tom Wingfield recalls his life in a dilapidated St. Louis apartment with his delusional mother Amanda and crippled younger sister Laura, and their story unfolds via flashback. Abandoned by her husband, Amanda is forced to sell magazine subscriptions, but still considers herself superior to her working class neighbors.

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