Our Town

1940
A
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

3.2K

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William Holden and Martha Scott in Our Town (1940)

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Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 4 wins & 7 nominations total

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Trivia
Film debut of Martha Scott. She was not considered for the role of "Emily" at first because of her poor screen test for the role of "Melanie" in Gone with the Wind (1939), but she was chosen after much auditioning of other actresses.

Goofs
It is mentioned that Grover's Corners is found at 42 degrees 40 minutes latitude and 70 degrees 37 minutes longitude. These coordinates are off the coast of Boston, Massachusetts in the Atlantic Ocean, not inland near the Massachusetts/New Hampshire border. In fact, many works of fiction are intentionally set in such places, such as a popular African adventure novel set in grasslands east of Zanzibar, which is an island.

Quotes
Mrs. Julia Hersey Gibbs: It seems to me, once in your life, before you die, you ought to see a country where they don't speak any English and they don't even want to.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986)

Soundtracks
Art Thou Weary, Art Thou Languid?
(1868)
Music "Stephanos" by Henry W. Baker (1868)
Greek words by Stephen of Mar Saba (Judea) (8th century)
Translated from Greek to English by John M. Neale (1862)
Played on an organ in church by Philip Wood and sung by the choir

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Featured review

9/10

Sentimentality made lovely and even haunting...

This film, a Thornton Wilder play, is about how many of the unnoticed details of day-to-day life are sweet and, in fact, ARE life. The Aaron Copeland music sprinkled through the film is lovely and fits the mood perfectly. The contrived ending (not part of the stage play) does not help the film, but by no means does it ruin it, either.