Where was the movie Magnificent Obsession filmed?
Magnificent Obsession filming locations, as per IMDB 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California.
What happens at the end of magnificent obsession?
Phillips ends up needing the machine himself when he suffers a coronary, and since the key to his survival is across the lake helping Bob, he succumbs to the illness. The lout lives, the saint dies. And as it turns out, Dr. Phillips really was a saint.
What’s the plot of magnificent obsession?
Reckless playboy Robert Merrick (Rock Hudson) is in a boat accident, and his condition requires a resuscitator to save his life. Soon afterward Dr. Phillips has a heart attack and needs the same machine. Without it, Dr. Phillips dies. Due to his philanthropy and his wife Helen’s accident, she (Jane Wyman) has very little money. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with Helen –falling in love with her in the process — and decides to turn to the study of medicine to become a surgeon.
Magnificent Obsession/Film synopsis
What is the meaning of magnificent obsession?
adj. 1 splendid or impressive in appearance. 2 superb or very fine.
What is Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C Douglas about?
When Robert Merrick’s life is saved at the expense of the life of an eccentric but adored surgeon, the carefree playboy is forced to reevaluate his own path. Merrick embarks on a course of anonymous philanthropy, inspired by reading the doctor’s private papers.
Who wrote magnificent obsession?
Lloyd C. Douglas
Magnificent Obsession/Authors
When was magnificent obsession first published?
September 1929
Magnificent Obsession/Originally published
What was the age difference between Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson?
It was directing one of the latter – Taza: Son of Conchise (1954) – that Sirk met the dashing Rock Hudson and cast him in Magnificent Obsession despite his relative inexperience and the significant age gap between he and Wyman (Wyman was 36 to Hudson’s 29).
