The Great Moment
1944, comedy, drama
83 minutes
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.
Cast
William Thomas Green Morton
Elizabeth Morton
Professor John C. Warren
Eben Frost
Dr. Horace Wells
Dr. Charles T. Jackson
Vice-President of Medical Society
President Franklin Pierce
Dr. Heywood
Homer Quimby
Betty Morton
Judge Shipman
Dr. Dahlmeyer
First Dental Patient
Senator Borland
The Priest
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited)
Onlooker (uncredited)
Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited)
Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)
Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited)
Presidential Secretary (uncredited)
Crew
Art
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Art direction
Set decoration
Camera
Costume and make-up
Costume design
Makeup artist
Directing
Director
Editing
Editor
Production
Executive producer
Sound
Original music composer
Writing
Writer
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