Magic Town (1947)
- Directed by
- William A. Wellman
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 32 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A pollster discovers a town that perfectly mirrors the opinions of the whole country. He moves there to secretly run his surveys, but his scheme gets complicated when he falls in love and the town learns the truth.
light-heartedwhimsicalromanticcleverwarmoptimisticold-fashionedplayful
What happens
Magic Town is a 1947 American comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring James Stewart and Jane Wyman. The picture is one of the first films about the then-new practice of public opinion polling. The film was inspired by the Middletown studies. It is also known as The Magic City. The "magic" of the title is the mathematical miracle (as it is called in the film) that certain towns can be used to fairly accurately predict the actions of the whole country. This was character actor Donald Meek’s final film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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