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starring: James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Ned Sparks, Wallace Forddirected by: William A. Wellman
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300208704
Format: Black & White, EP, NTSC
ISBN: 6300208702
Label: Republic Pictures
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Release Date: April 15, 1997
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 12303
Studio: Republic Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: October 07, 1947
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Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Good, but it's no "Wonderful Life"
Magic Town is an interesting show. Pollsters find a small town that has a population whose opinions reflect those of the entire nation. The pollsters then go secretely about collecting their data, which they use to represent public opinion.
Things go just swell until the residents find out how valuable their opinions are, and things fall apart; for the pollster's jobs, for their personal lives, and for the town itself.
This movie is well worth the time spent to watch ... Read More
Rating:  - 1947's Magic Town Has Magic in 2000.
"Magic Town" is a romantic comedy set in a charming "typically American" small town in the years immediately following World War II. What makes the film startlingly timely is the profession of leading man Jimmy Stewart's character which turns out to be political polling. Coming this close to the New Hampshire primaries, when so many people are looking to that small New England locale as a kind of "Magic State," the 1947 insights of this William Wellman film make it even more fun to watch today. ... Read More
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