this version of tennessee williams brilliant masterpiece the glass menagerie be utter crap . it be an insult to his brilliance . with all the change make from the original play script and williams mean and theme be completely lose and and the movie make absolutely no sense . yes it be a good first attempt at put one of tennessee william play on screen and but they do not need to change it . i do not recommend watch this movie if you be a fan of the glass menagerie . watch this version and watch other version of the same play many thing seem to be grossly misunderstood . for example make laura normal and she be not normal she be cripple mentally and physically . amanda would not have yell at the store clerk and it be against her southern genteel way . the way the movie begin be all wrong and tom doesn not begin tell the story just because he be bore and he tell the story to help him get rid of the memory of laura and to an extent . the use of different location take away from the theme of escape . in the stage version there be only one set and the apartment and we a the audience be never mean to see the other place these character go . by do this be negate the idea and concept of a memory play . for the 1950s it be probably a great success and but it come at the cost of loose the integrity that tennessee williams out forth in his play .