The Great Gatsby
1949, Drama, 1h 32m
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Nick Carraway (Macdonald Carey) resides among Long Island's elite during the 1920s. His enigmatic neighbor, Jay Gatsby (Alan Ladd), invites him to a party at his mansion, where they become acquainted. Nick slowly gets caught up in Gatsby's obsession with his lost love, the beautiful Daisy Buchanan (Betty Field), who is now married to Tom Buchanan (Barry Sullivan). Nick foresees inevitable tragedy as Gatsby undertakes bolder and bolder advances toward Daisy.
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Elliott Nugent
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Producer: Richard Maibaum
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Writer: Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: Paramount Pictures
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Although this version pads the story more than F. Scott Fitzgerald elected to do, filling out the details of Gatsby's "mysterious" past (how can it be mysterious if they tell you all about him, eh?), the general idea of the tale remains, that of a decent guy from the poor side of the tracks seduced to a kind of blindness by the allure of prosperity and social standing. The casting aids substantially, with Alan Ladd excellent as the dreaming-while-awake Gatsby, Shelley Winters as his female doppelganger on the wrong side of town, and Ruth Hussey and Macdonald Carey as Jordan and Nick, members of the in-crowd now doubting whether membership means anything in the face of a blatant disregard for humanity. This is a decent version of the story, close to the era from which it first sprung.
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Ladd is a excellent choice for Gatsby and Shelley Winters perfect for Myrtle but the film is hampered by miscasting in most every other role. The flat look of the film betrays the luxury settings inherent in the book. Not bad but surely not a definitive version.
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Not as bad as the 2001 addaption, but not much better.
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