The Late George Apley (film)

The Late George Apley
The Late George Apley
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	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.

Despite the film's title, unlike the book and play, George Apley does not die in the film.^[3]

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

Reception

The New York Times reviewer Bosley Crowther panned the film, writing, "'The Late George Apley' has been botched on the screen -- but good!"^[4] Ben Sachs of the Chicago Reader was less severe, stating that while "The movie wears its literary origins on its sleeve; virtually all the action is dialogue driven, and that dialogue tends to be dry and rhetorical", "Few Hollywood filmmakers had his [Joseph L. Mankiewicz's] flair for staging verbose conversation; this remains effervescent and visually elegant even when the material verges on stodginess."^[5]

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
^ "Not So Late Mr. Apley". Variety. February 5, 1947. p. 12.
^ Bosley Crowther (March 21, 1947). "The Screen in Review; ' The Late George Apley' Based on Novel by Marquand, New Bill at Radio City Music Hall -- Ronald Colman Is Starred'". The New York Times. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
^ Ben Sachs. "The Late George Apley". Chicago Reader.

External links

The Late George Apley at the TCM Movie Database
The Late George Apley at IMDb
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[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Late George Apley

[2] Broadway production of The Late George Apley November 23, 1944-November 17 1945;Lyceum TheatreRetrieved September 15, 2016

[3] "Not So Late Mr. Apley". Variety. February 5, 1947. p. 12.

[4] Bosley Crowther (March 21, 1947). "The Screen in Review; ' The Late George Apley' Based on Novel by Marquand, New Bill at Radio City Music Hall -- Ronald Colman Is Starred'". The New York Times. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

[5] Ben Sachs. "The Late George Apley". Chicago Reader.

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