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The Glass Menagerie Movie Review Summary

Actors: Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence, Arthur Kennedy

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Laura Wingfield (Wyman) is a painfully shy young woman who is sheltered by her mother (Lawrence). One day, her brother, Tom, (Kennedy) brings home a friend (Douglas) who shows some interest in Laura, but can Laura leave behind the only place that she's known – the comforting shelter of her home and her collection of delicate glass animals -- for a relationship with a real man? Will her mother permit her to have a gentleman caller?
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Based on the play by Tennessee Williams.

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Plot & Themes

Time/era of movie:    -   1930's-1950's Romance/Love/Hugging    -   Yes Lover is...    -   socially awkward

Main Character

Identity:    -   Female Profession/status:    -   student Ethnicity/Nationality    -   White American Unusual characteristics:    -   Super sensitive soggy jelly muffin

Setting

United States    -   Yes City?    -   Yes City:    -   dirty, grimy (like New York)

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   no torture/death Is this movie based on a    -   play

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