September 24 movie: The Magnificent Ambersons. As I mentioned already, I missed the ending because the movie ran over its scheduled time and the DVR cut it off. Damn you TCM! Although actually, I read that the studio screwed around with the movie and completely changed the ending, so maybe it's for the best that I missed it.
This movie had some problems, especially it seemed to come apart near the end, but it also had compelling moments. Especially the scenes with Agnes Moorehead. She was scarily good as the bitter spinster aunt completely losing her shit. Joseph Cotten was also wonderful. He seems to perfectly embody the sense of melancholy & lost opportunity. I've never seen a Joseph Cotten movie in which he wasn't wonderful.
So if anyone knows how the movie ends, please let me know. And if you also know how it was supposed to end, I'd be even more grateful.
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