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Our Town

film by Wood [1940]
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    Even better was Our Town (1940), a well-handled adaptation of the Thornton Wilder play that used many from the Broadway cast, including Martha Scott, who was Oscar-nominated. The film, a classic portrayal of small-town American life, was one of the year’s best picture nominees. Rangers of Fortune (1940)


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    Even better was Our Town (1940), a well-handled adaptation of the Thornton Wilder play that used many from the Broadway cast, including Martha Scott, who was Oscar-nominated. The film, a classic portrayal of small-town American life, was one of the year’s best picture nominees. Rangers of Fortune (1940)


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