The Magnificent Ambersons - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Magnificent Ambersons"
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Timing:
1:28 (88 min)
7.3/10
466
466
6.904/10
1285
1285
7.6/10
29000
29000
Film crew
Director
Producer
Executive Producer
George Schaefer
Executive Producer
Editor
Costume Design
Production Design
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Maurice Seiderman
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Additional Editing
Jack Moss
Additional Editing
Associate Producer
Jack Moss
Associate Producer
Set Dresser
A. Roland Fields
Set Dresser
Stunt Double
David Sharpe
Stunt Double
Additional Photography
Jack MacKenzie
Additional Photography
Director of Photography
Makeup Department Head
Boom Operator
Roy Meadows
Boom Operator
James Thompson
Boom Operator
Screenplay
Novel
Set Designer
Special Effects
Gaffer
Bill McLellan
Gaffer
Assistant Director
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Other
Chesley Bonestell
Other
Sound
Terry Kellum
Sound
Earl B. Mounce
Sound
Visual Effects
Clifford Stine
Visual Effects
Sound Recordist
Bailey Fesler
Sound Recordist
James G. Stewart
Sound Recordist
Unit Manager
Wardrobe Designer
Claire Cramer
Wardrobe Designer
What's left behind the scenes
- While Orson Welles (1915-1985) was abroad, the RKO Radio Pictures film company cut 50 minutes from the film and added a happy ending. The excised material was eventually destroyed. Among fans of the film, the lost original version gained the status of a kind of "Holy Grail." Some high-profile Hollywood figures searched for the material in the archives of Paramount Studios (which included the archives of RKO Radio Pictures), and throughout Los Angeles. The searches were conducted, in particular, by Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Henry Jaglom, and William Friedkin (the latter searching for many years, especially since he was married to Sherry Lansing, the head of Paramount Pictures). As of 2018, the searches had been unsuccessful.
- In the original ending (Welles considered it one of the best scenes in the entire film), Eugene visits Fanny in the boarding house, talks about George’s recovery, and mentions that he has reconciled with his daughter; then, as he leaves the boarding house, the camera pulls back, and it is visible that it is the Ambersons’ mansion converted into a boarding house.
- The sets for the Ambersons’ mansion were among the most expensive sets for their time. At Welles’ insistence, the interior of the mansion was built with the finest details, with walls and ceilings as if it were a real mansion. This allowed the cinematographer to freely film in the rooms from any angle.
- Before filming the scene in which George and Uncle Jack tease Fanny about her infatuation with Eugene, Orson Welles rehearsed it with the actors for four days. No notes about what and how should happen were recorded for the actors anywhere. The director simply discussed their respective characters with the actors and told them to improvise on camera. Eventually, the four-minute scene was filmed in one take.
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