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The Great Moment

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

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Duration83 min.
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Release DateJul 18, 1944

Overview

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.

Genres

  • Comedy
  • Drama

Casts

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

William Thomas Green Morton

Betty Field

Betty Field

Elizabeth Morton

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Professor John C. Warren

William Demarest

William Demarest

Eben Frost

Louis Jean Heydt

Louis Jean Heydt

Dr. Horace Wells

Julius Tannen

Julius Tannen

Dr. Charles T. Jackson

Edwin Maxwell

Edwin Maxwell

Vice-President of Medical Society

Porter Hall

Porter Hall

President Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

Dr. Heywood

Grady Sutton

Grady Sutton

Homer Quimby

Donivee Lee

Betty Morton

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden

Judge Shipman

Torben Meyer

Torben Meyer

Dr. Dahlmeyer

Victor Potel

Victor Potel

First Dental Patient

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

Senator Borland

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

The Priest

Roscoe Ates

Roscoe Ates

Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Hank Bell

Onlooker (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)

Hank Worden

Hank Worden

Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

Arthur Hoyt

Presidential Secretary (uncredited)

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