Summary: In the winter of 1868, Eben Frost (William Demarest) goes to a Boston pawnshop and redeems a silver medal, inscribed to "Dr. W.T.G. Morton, the Benefactor of Mankind, with the Gratitude of Humanity." Frost drives to a country farmhouse and gives the medal to Morton's widow, Elizabeth Morton (Betty Field) who explains to her daughter, Betty (Donivee Lee), that Frost was the first person given anesthesia by her father, Boston dentist Dr. W.T.G. Morton... (imdb)

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Genres: Comedy, Drama

Country: USA

Directed By: Preston Sturges

Written By: Preston Sturges, René Fülöp-Miller

Starring: Porter Hall, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Joel McCrea, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Roscoe Ates, Louis Jean Heydt, Julius Tannen, Victor Potel, Edwin Maxwell

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