The Late George Apley (film)
Appearance
The Late George Apley | |
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Directed by | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Written by | John P. Marquand (novel and play) George S. Kaufman (play) Philip Dunne |
Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
Starring | Ronald Colman Vanessa Brown Richard Haydn Charles Russell Richard Ney |
Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
Edited by | James B. Clark |
Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
Release date | March 20, 1947 |
Running time | 93 min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Late George Apley is a 1947 film about a stuffy, upper-class Bostonian who is forced to adjust to a changing world. It starred Ronald Colman in the title role and was based on John P. Marquand's novel of the same name and the subsequent play by Marquand and George S. Kaufman.
Plot
George Apley (Ronald Colman), a Boston blueblood passionately in love with his hometown. He has made it very clear that his son and daughter are to remain there for their entire lives and only associate with native Bostonians. To his horror. his Harvard-student son falls in love with a Worcester girl and his daughter falls in love with a Yale student.[1]
Cast
- Ronald Colman as George Apley
- Vanessa Brown as Agnes Willing, fiancee of Apley's son
- Richard Haydn as Horatio Willing
- Charles Russell as Howard Boulder, a visiting lecturer who falls in love with Apley's daughter
- Richard Ney as John Apley, George's son
- Percy Waram as Roger Newcombe, George's brother-in-law
- Mildred Natwick as Amelia Newcombe, George's forceful sister
- Edna Best as Catherine Apley, George's wife
- Nydia Westman as Jane Willing
- Peggy Cummins as Eleanor Apley, George's daughter