The Great Gatsby.

Duration: 91 min.

Year Published: 1949

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Copyright: 5Aug49 L2471, renewed 15Nov76 R646704 Renewal claimant: EMKA Division of Universal City Studios, Inc Original author: Paramount Pictures, Inc

Description: A drama reflecting the reckless extravagance of the Prohibition Era. After accumulating a fortune as a bootlegger, a returned soldier finds that money cannot buy happiness.

Complete Record: THE GREAT GATSBY. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 91 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. A remake of the silent picture of 1926. Based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the play by Owen Davis. Summary: A drama reflecting the reckless extravagance of the Prohibition Era. After accumulating a fortune as a bootlegger, a returned soldier finds that money cannot buy happiness. Credits: Producer, Richard Maibaum; director, Elliott Nugent; screenplay, Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum; music score, Robert Emmett Dolan; editor, Ellsworth Hoagland. Cast: Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, Barry Sullivan. © Paramount Pictures Inc.; 5Aug49; LP2471.