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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5014503116026
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 86517
Theatrical Release Date: October 07, 1947
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
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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