Home Town Story
| Home Town Story | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Arthur Pierson |
| Written by | Arthur Pierson |
| Produced by | Arthur Pierson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Lucien N. Andriot |
| Edited by | William F. Claxton |
| Music by | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $334,000[1] |
Home Town Story is a 1951 American drama film written and directed by Arthur Pierson, starring Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp, and Marjorie Reynolds, with Marilyn Monroe and Alan Hale Jr.
Plot
A defeated politician, Blake Washburn, takes over as editor of a small town newspaper in an effort to get himself re-elected. His campaign is intended to be a continuing exposé of the evils of big industry, and his strategy is to publish daily screeds against enormous corporate profits that enrich shareholders.
On a school outing to an abandoned mine, Washburn's little sister is trapped in the collapse of a mine tunnel caused as the result of a disgruntled employee's negligence, and the town's industries come to her rescue. The sister is rescued and flown in a company plane to the big city, and Washburn has a change of heart and recognizes that big corporations are necessary because, "It takes bigness to do big things", a line in the film delivered by MacFarland, the maker of the medical device that saved the sister.
Cast
- Jeffrey Lynn as Blake Washburn
- Donald Crisp as John MacFarland
- Marjorie Reynolds as Janice Hunt
- Alan Hale Jr. as Slim Haskins
- Marilyn Monroe as Iris Martin
- Barbara Brown as Mrs. Washburn
- Melinda Plowman as Katie Washburn
- Renny McEvoy as Leo, the taxi driver
- Glenn Tryon as Ken Kenlock
- Byron Foulger as Berny Miles
- Griff Barnett as Uncle Cliff Washburn
- Virginia Campbell as Phoebe Hartman
- Harry Harvey as Andy Butterworth
- Nelson Leigh as Dr. Johnson
- Speck Noblitt as motorcycle officer
Reception
According to MGM records, the film grossed $243,000 in the United States and Canada and $91,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $195,000.[1]
References
External links
- Home Town Story at IMDb
- Home Town Story is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Home Town Story at Rotten Tomatoes
- Home Town Story at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Home Town Story at the TCM Movie Database
