Overview

 

Adapted from Booth Tarkington’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this sweeping Orson Welles drama, often overlooked in favor of Citizen Kane, comes home to Indiana to follow a wealthy family through multiple generations and setbacks. A young Isabel Amberson (Dolores Costello) receives a wedding proposal from Eugene (Joseph Cotten), but opts instead to marry the earthier Wilbur. After the sands of time fall, Wilbur and Isabel's only son, George (Tim Holt), is hated locally for his heavy hand in local politics and business. When Wilbur passes away, Eugene again proposes to Isabel but George threatens the union while he himself courts the woman he wants to marry.

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