Original Title : Centennial Summer
Time : 102 Min
Genre : History, Music, Romance
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 1946
Director : Otto Preminger
Writer : Michael Kanin, Albert E. Idell
Producer : Otto Preminger
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : Philadelphia in the summer of 1876 and lots of celebration to mark America's first hundred years. The Rogers family are visited by their aunt Zenia (Constance Bennett), who brings with her a young Frenchman, Philippe Lascalles (Cornel Wilde), who is in charge of the French pavillon. Rogers family daughters, Julia (Jeanne Crain) and Edith (Linda Darnell), fall in love with Philippe, while their father, Jesse Rogers (Walter Brennan), tries to promote his inventions and hang onto his railroad job. With Zenia's help, he does both, while Julia wins the love of Philippe and Edith finally says yes to her devoted suitor Dr. Ben Phelps (William Eythe).