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| Director: | Preston Sturges | 
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| Writer: | Preston Sturges, René Fülöp-Miller | 
| Staring: | 
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 18, 1944 | 
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| Director: | Preston Sturges | 
| Writer: | Preston Sturges, René Fülöp-Miller | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama | 
| Keywords | boston, massachusetts, biography, dentist | 
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Joel McCrea | William Thomas Green Morton | 
| Betty Field | Elizabeth Morton | 
| Harry Carey | Professor John C. Warren | 
| William Demarest | Eben Frost | 
| Louis Jean Heydt | Dr. Horace Wells | 
| Julius Tannen | Dr. Charles T. Jackson | 
| Edwin Maxwell | Vice-President of Medical Society | 
| Porter Hall | President Franklin Pierce | 
| Franklin Pangborn | Dr. Heywood | 
| Grady Sutton | Homer Quimby | 
| Donivee Lee | Betty Morton | 
| Harry Hayden | Judge Shipman | 
| Torben Meyer | Dr. Dahlmeyer | 
| Victor Potel | First Dental Patient | 
| Thurston Hall | Senator Borland | 
| J. Farrell MacDonald | The Priest | 
| Roscoe Ates | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced by Hank Worden (uncredited) | 
| Hank Bell | Onlooker (uncredited) | 
| Franklyn Farnum | Massachusetts Medical Society Man (uncredited) | 
| Byron Foulger | Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited) | 
| Hank Worden | Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates (uncredited) | 
| Arthur Hoyt | Presidential Secretary (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist | 
| Preston Sturges | Screenplay, Director | 
| Edith Head | Costume Design | 
| Victor Young | Original Music Composer | 
| René Fülöp-Miller | Writer | 
| Stuart Gilmore | Editor | 
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction | 
| Ernst Fegté | Art Direction | 
| Stephen Seymour | Set Decoration | 
| Victor Milner | Director of Photography | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Buddy G. DeSylva | Executive Producer | 
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