The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie (1950)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Family Drama, Psychological Drama  |   Release Date - Sep 28, 1950 (USA - Unknown)  |   Run Time - 106 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Adapted from the play by Tennessee Williams, Glass Menagerie centers around four unhappy people living in a rundown section of St. Louis. Tom, the story's narrator (Arthur Kennedy) is a poetic idealist trapped in a dead-end job, drowning his sorrows in booze. Tom lives with his mother Amanda (Gertrude Lawrence), a faded Southern belle who lives in the past, and with his crippled older sister Laura (Jane Wyman), an intensely shy woman who escapes from reality by keeping a "glass menagerie" of small animal figures. Laura is brought out of her shell by the Gentleman Caller (Kirk Douglas), a coworker of Tom's who relies on bravado and charm to get through life.

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handicap, collection, family, mother, shyness, Southern-belle, fantasy, daughter, room, son, brother, dysfunctional, suffering, dead-end-job