The Great Gatsby.
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✎ Suggest a correctionA 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.
Jay Gatsby, who throws lavish parties at his Long Island Sound estate, asks neighbor Nick Carraway to arrange a private tea with Nick's cousin, Daisy Buchanan. Now a wealthy man, he wants her back, but Daisy is unhappy, and is aware her husband has been having an affair with Myrtle Wilson, wife of a gas station's owner. Daisy drives off with Gatsbys, taking the wheel of the car, and hits Myrtle in the street, killing her.
Jay Gatsby, who throws lavish parties at his Long Island Sound estate, asks neighbor Nick Carraway to arrange a private tea with Nick's cousin, Daisy Buchanan. Now a wealthy man, he wants her back, but Daisy is unhappy, and is aware her husband has been having an affair with Myrtle Wilson, wife of a gas station's owner. Daisy drives off with Gatsbys, taking the wheel of the car, and hits Myrtle in the street, killing her.
Credits
- Cast
- Alan Ladd, Ruth Hussey, Betty Field
Copyright
5Aug49 L2471, renewed 15Nov76 R646704 Renewal claimant: EMKA Division of Universal City Studios, Inc Original author: Paramount Pictures, Inc © Paramount Pictures Inc.; 5Aug49; LP2471.
Complete catalog 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.
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