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The Glass Menagerie ()

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A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
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Amanda Wingfield
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Tom Wingfield
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Laura Wingfield
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Jim O'Connor (the gentleman caller)

Directed by

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Paul Newman

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Tennessee Williams ... (play)

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Joseph M. Caracciolo ... associate producer (as Joe Caracciolo)
Burtt Harris ... producer

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Henry Mancini

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Michael Ballhaus ... director of photography

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David Ray

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Linda Schubell-Sundlin ... apprentice editor
David Siegel ... assistant editor

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Tony Walton

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John Kasarda

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Susan Bode

Costume Design by

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Tony Walton

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Toy Van Lierop ... makeup department head (as Toy Russell Van Lierop)

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Joseph M. Caracciolo ... production manager (as Joseph Caracciolo)

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Joseph M. Caracciolo ... second assistant director (as Joe Caracciolo)
Burtt Harris ... first assistant director
Daniel Silverberg ... dga trainee

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Joan Winters ... graphic designer

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Nathan Boxer ... sound recordist (as Nat Boxer)
Marko A. Costanzo ... foley artist
Tom Fleischman ... re-recording mixer
Tony Martinez ... assistant sound editor
Andy McKee ... sound recordist
Jay Rabinowitz ... apprentice sound editor

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Tony Parmelee ... special effects

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Mitchell Amundsen ... focus puller
John W. DeBlau ... gaffer
David M. Dunlap ... camera operator
Larry Huston ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Peter John Petraglia ... electrician
Lance Shepherd ... electrician
Robert Shepherd ... electrician
Barry Wetcher ... still photographer

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Jennifer Nichols ... wardrobe supervisor

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David Bargeron ... musician: trombone
Phil Bodner ... musician: Clarinet and Tenor Sax
Paul Bowles ... composer: theme music
Mel Davis ... musician: trumpet
Greg Fulginiti ... music engineer
Stephen A. Hope ... music editor
Walt Levinsky ... musician: Soprano sax
Henry Mancini ... conductor
Bucky Pizzarelli ... musician: guitar
Ed Rak ... score engineer
Derek Smith ... musician: piano
Grady Tate ... musician: drums
Brian Torff ... musician: bass

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Mary Bailey ... script supervisor

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Teresa Race ... production secretary
Lisa Rhodes ... production assistant
Matilde Valera ... production accountant

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Plot Summary

Tom and Laura Wingfield live with their harsh, controlling mother Amanda. Tom longs to break free from his mother's clutches but feels an obligation towards his family, especially Laura who is physically and mentally frail. Laura's life centres on her glass menagerie, a way to escape from the world. Written by grantss

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Also Known As
  • La ménagerie de verre (Canada, French title)
  • La ménagerie de verre (France)
  • El zoo de cristal (Spain)
  • Menajeria de sticla (Romania)
  • Szklana menażeria (Poland)
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Runtime
  • 134 min
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Budget $3,300,000 (estimated)

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Trivia The original Broadway stage play "The Glass Menagerie" opened at the Playhouse Theatre on Mar 31, 1945 and ran for 563 performances. See more »
Goofs As Tom is speaking with Laura in one scene, every time the camera is focused on her, his arms are at his sides in the background. When the camera focuses on him, his arms are crossed. This switches back and forth for an entire scene. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Sicilian/Prince of Darkness/No Man's Land/The Glass Menagerie/The Whales of August (1987). See more »
Quotes Tom Wingfield: I'm going to the movies.
Amanda Wingfield: I don't believe that lie!
Tom Wingfield: No? Well you're right, Mother. I'm going to opium dens. Yes, mother. Opium dens. Dens of vice and criminal's hangouts, mother, I am a hired assassin, I joined the Hogan gang, I carry a tommy gun in a violin case, and I run a stream of cat houses in the valley, they call me Killer, Killer Wingfield, see I'm leading a double life, really, a simple honest warehouse worker by day, but by night a dynamic czar of the underworld, mother, I just go to gambling casinos, spin away fortune on the roulette tables, mother, I wear a patch over one eye, and a false moustache and sometimes I put on green whiskers, on, on those occasions, they call me "El Diablo," I can tell you many things to make you sleepless, mother, my enemies plan to dynamite this place, they're gonna blow us sky high! And I will be glad? I will be very happy, and so will you be. You will go up, up, up, over Blue Mountain, on a broomstick with seventeen gentleman callers! You ugly, babbling old witch!
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