In the novel, the inventor Eugene Morgan's success with automobiles contrasts with the declining fortunes of the title family in a town based on Indianapolis.
An innovative scene in the film of this name is a backward tracking shot which passes through four rooms as it portrays the conversations of various people at a ball. Actors for the film were rocked up and down on planks on the studio roof to realistically dub dialogue for a sleigh ride in a horseless carriage. In the novel of this name, one character sees a psychic after he and Lucy both have visions of Isabel, and Fanny disastrously stakes all her money in a headlight investment. In the film, Wilbur Minafer marries Isabel, whose death causes a tragic speech by the "Major" which was intended to dissolve to the image of two gravestones in a scene cut by RKO. In the novel, the inventor Eugene Morgan's success with automobiles contrasts with the declining fortunes of the title family in a town based on Indianapolis. For 10 points, name this novel by Booth Tarkington which was adapted by Orson Welles.
An innovative scene in the film of this name is a backward tracking shot which passes through four rooms as it portrays the conversations of various people at a ball.
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