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Morning Glory
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Morning Glory is a 1933 American drama film directed by Lowell Sherman and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The movie was produced by RKO Pictures and distributed by RKO Pictures and Netflix. It was released in the United States on August 18, 1933, with other release dates in January and September of that year. The film is set in New York City and was shot in black-and-white.
The cast includes Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Adolphe Menjou, and C. Aubrey Smith. The production team featured Bert Glennon as director of photography, Max Steiner as composer, and Ray Moyer as production designer. Walter Plunkett designed the costumes, and William Hamilton served as film editor. Merian C. Cooper is listed as executive producer. The film is associated with the Pre-Code Hollywood movement.
Morning Glory received an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the same award. It is recognized in the Academy Award Best Actress collection. The film has a runtime of 74 minutes and is rated Passed. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.4 based on 3,340 votes.
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6.1Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?
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 Hedges
- Don Alvarado as Pepi
Themes
- mentor
- diva
- seduction
- ambition
- unrequited love
- theatrical producer
- playwright
- tutor
- broadway
- critic
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
3,340 votes
- Year
- 1933
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Passed
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 1 win total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Lowell Sherman
- Cast member
- Mary Duncan
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Producer
- Pandro S. Berman
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Bert Glennon
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 74
- FilmAffinity ID
- 175709
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Morning Glory 1933.jpg
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- publication date
- 1933-09-09
- title
- Morning Glory
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Merian C. Cooper
- production designer
- Ray Moyer
- costume designer
- Walter Plunkett
- film editor
- William Hamilton
- review score
- 64%
- capital cost
- 239000
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