boston, massachusetts,biography,dentist

The Great Moment (1944)

Poster for The Great Moment

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Preston Sturges
  • Profile picture of Joel McCrea
    William Thomas Green Morton Joel McCrea
  • Profile picture of Betty Field
    Elizabeth Morton Betty Field
  • Profile picture of Harry Carey
    Professor John C. Warren Harry Carey
  • Profile picture of William Demarest
    Eben Frost William Demarest
  • Profile picture of Louis Jean Heydt
    Dr. Horace Wells Louis Jean Heydt
  • Profile picture of Julius Tannen
    Dr. Charles T. Jackson Julius Tannen
  • Profile picture of Edwin Maxwell
    Vice-President of Medical Society Edwin Maxwell
  • Profile picture of Porter Hall
    President Franklin Pierce Porter Hall

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Keywords

  • boston, massachusetts
  • biography
  • dentist