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Wilson (1944)A chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson. Director:Henry KingWriter:Lamar Trotti (screenplay) |
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| Charles Coburn | ... |
Professor Henry Holmes
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| Alexander Knox | ... | ||
| Geraldine Fitzgerald | ... | ||
| Thomas Mitchell | ... | ||
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Ruth Nelson | ... | |
| Cedric Hardwicke | ... |
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
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| Vincent Price | ... | ||
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William Eythe | ... |
George Felton
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| Mary Anderson | ... | ||
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Ruth Ford | ... | |
| Sidney Blackmer | ... | ||
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Madeleine Forbes | ... | |
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Stanley Ridges | ... |
Dr. Cary Grayson
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Eddie Foy Jr. | ... | |
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Charles Halton | ... |
Colonel House
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The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations. Written by Shannon Patrick Sullivan <shannon@mun.ca>
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governor | u.s. president | new jersey | league of nations | loss of wife |Taglines:
DRAMA AND SPECTACLE UNPARALLELED! ENTERTAINMENT UNDREAMED OF! 12,000 PLAYERS! 200 MIGHTY SCENES! TOLD TO THE TUNE OF 87 BELOVED SONGS! (original ad - all caps)Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
August 1945 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
President Wilson See more »Box Office
Budget:
$4,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$2,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Per the 'Guinness Book of Movie Facts & Feats', the production of surpassed Gone with the Wind as the most expensive movie ever produced up to that time. See more »Goofs
In the scene where Wilson's cabinet is meeting to discuss the sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915, a map of Europe on the wall plainly shows numerous countries and borders, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the Baltic States, that came into being only after World War I. See more »Quotes
Professor Henry Holmes: Now I know why the Democratic Party chose a jackass for a mascot.See more »
If you want to dramatize Wilson's life, you can either approach it as either a tragedy or a hagiography, and Fox chose the hagiographic route. Considering the era and that the only biography at the time was the uncritical one by Ray Standard Baker, this is hardly surprising. Thank God, however, they cast the unknown Alexander Knox rather than an established star such as Gary Cooper for the title character; when you see the film you can't imagine anyone else playing the part.
This movie proves that the Hollywood era could do films with some integrity beyond the standard fare from MGM or Warners. Twentieth-Century Fox's Zanuck was the only mogul who had the guts to make a motion picture as expensive as this, with an unknown in the lead, and on a President who, unlike say Teddy Roosevelt, strikes many people as a cold fish. I love this film, despite its simplifying of history and its wartime propaganda because it's very special in many ways. There are plenty of movies like JEFFERSON IN PARIS or YOUNG MR. LINCOLN or ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS or THE PRESIDENT'S LADY etc., but aside from NIXON, Zanuck and King's WILSON seems the only theatrical film that dramatizes a President's life while he served in office. For those of you who find it undramatic, think again: it's a film to cherish