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1933 American film| Morning Glory | |
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| Directed by | Lowell Sherman |
| Written by | Howard J. Green Zoe Akins (play) |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Starring | Katharine Hepburn Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Adolphe Menjou |
| Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
| Edited by | William Hamilton |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Production company | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date | August 18, 1933 (1933-08-18) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $239,000 |
| Box office | $582,000 |
Morning Glory is a 1933 pre-Code American drama film which tells the story of an eager but naive would-be actress and her journey to stardom. It stars Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Adolphe Menjou. The movie was adapted by Howard J. Green from the play by Zoe Akins, and was directed by Lowell Sherman. Katharine Hepburn won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this movie.
Morning Glory was remade in 1958 under the title Stage Struck.
Plot
Eva Lovelace (Hepburn) is a small town theater performer who hopes to make it big in Broadway. She goes to auditions and tries to get a role in an upcoming play that would help her make it to the big time. While there, several other actresses auditioning make the cut and they are cast since they have more experience on stage than her. A theater coach (C Aubrey Smith), whom she meets while auditioning, agrees to give her acting and theater coach lessons.
She later meets Joseph Sheridan (Fairbanks), who agrees to give her a small part in an upcoming Broadway play. As the play is about to begin, the star of the show Rita Vernon (Mary Duncan), a blond theater star, starts making demands for money in a contract she wants. When she is not obliged, she storms off the set and the show is without a star. The production crew frantically tries to find a replacement. As a last resort, they choose Eva Lovelace to play the star of the show and she gets her big break. She quickly rehearses her lines and makes an excellent debut as a star.
Cast
- Katharine Hepburn as Eva Lovelace
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Joseph Sheridan
- Adolphe Menjou as Louis Easton
- Mary Duncan as Rita Vernon
- C. Aubrey Smith as Robert Harley "Bob" Hedges
- Don Alvarado as Pepi Velez
- Fred Santley as Will Seymour, Easton's assistant
- Richard Carle as Henry Lawrence, theatrical critic
- Tyler Brooke as Charley Van Duesen
- Geneva Mitchell as Gwendoline Hall
- Helen Ware as Nellie Navarre, wardrobe woman
- Robert Adair as Roberts, Easton's Butler (uncredited)
- Mildred Washington as Emma, Rita Vernon's dresser (uncredited)
- Cast notes
- John Carradine has an uncredited bit part in the film.
Reception
The film made a profit of $115,000.
Radio adaptation
In October, 1942, Lux Radio Theatre broadcast a radio adaptation of the film, starring Judy Garland as Eva Lovelace and Adolphe Menjou reprising his role of Louis Easton. Garland performed the song "I'll Remember April" on the broadcast.
In 1949, a second radio adaptation was aired on the radio, this time with Elizabeth Taylor in the lead role of Eva Lovelace.
References
- ^ Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
External links
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