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 |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
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.[1][2]
Plot
George Apley (Ronald Colman) is a stuffy, self-satisfied member of Boston's upper class, supremely confident of the superiority of his hometown. However, his comfortable, predictable world is overturned when he learns, to his horror, that both his son and his daughter have fallen in love with non-Bostonians. However, he is eventually brought around to see reason.
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
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Late George Apley
- ^ Broadway production of The Late George Apley November 23, 1944-November 17 1945;Lyceum TheatreRetrieved September 15, 2016
External links
Categories:
- 1947 films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on American novels
- Films based on plays
- Films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 1940s romantic comedy films
- Films based on adaptations
- American romantic comedy films
- Screenplays by Philip Dunne
- Films set in Massachusetts
- Romantic comedy film stubs