this be a collection of warm and human and often humorous booth tarkington story and string together and of a perceived or recall pre wwi america . it have all happen half a century before this mid 20th century production . it be and perhaps and the last clarion call of the sweet and sentimental ballad of the turn of the last century a rock and roll be start to impact a the popular music of the west . the production value of this film be strictly 1950s studio . it be shoot on tri exposure technicolor with the light a bit flat but and all in all and a love tribute to the era complete with many of the top song hit of the time and some that be still celebrate today and in the 21st century .