The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons, photographed by Stanley Cortez is, like Citizen Kane, a valedictory to the American past, filled with regret for the coming of the industrial age. Set in the end of the 19th century, this film embodies the sorrow of love frustrated by rigid social mores. Isabel Amberson, really in love with Eugene Morgan, an automobile designer, marries one of her social equals. Upon her husband's death 20 years later, Isabel seeks to renew her love for Eugene, only to be unhappily blocked by her own egotistic son.