Set in Midwestern America, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS tells the tale of Isabel Amberson Minafer and her son George, an upper middle class family experiencing social decline at the turn of the century. With the industrial and technological age taking full force, the changes within the family are self destructing. After the death of her husband Wilbur, Isabel is romantically linked with Eugene Morgan whom she knew from years previous to her marriage. George, unhappy with this courtship, proceeds to do everything in his power to destroy their relationship despite falling for Eugene's daughter Lucy. Disaster strikes for the Amberson family and events do not turn out as George expected...