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The Actress
The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor and based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play Years Ago. Gordon also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons and Teresa Wright, and it features Anthony Perkins in his film debut.
In Wollaston, Massachusetts in 1913, teenage student Ruth Gordon Jones dreams of a theatrical career after becoming mesmerized by a performance of The Pink Lady at a Boston theater. She writes a fan letter to leading lady Hazel Dawn, who replies with encouragement for Ruth to pursue her dreams.
Ruth schemes to withdraw from school and move to New York City. However, her father Clinton Jones, a former seaman now working a menial factory job, wants her to continue her education and become a physical-education instructor. Ruth is courted by Fred Whitmarsh, a Harvard student who falls in love with her and proposes marriage.
When Ruth is afforded the chance to audition for a leading producer, she disobeys her father and deflects Fred's romantic overtures to keep the appointment. However, her audition proves disastrous and crushes her confidence and enthusiasm. She confesses to her father what she has done, and although initially angry, he offers to support her during her first few months in New York if she agrees to obtain her high school diploma. Despite his promise, Clinton is not sure how he will find the support money, and he is anxious about his job security. He depends upon his annual bonus, but his employer is slow in paying it.
Her enthusiasm restored, Ruth arranges to move to New York after graduation. On the departure day, Clinton loses his job after confronting his boss about his bonus, leaving him with no money to give to Ruth. When Clinton sees that Ruth is determined to proceed to New York without his monetary support, he gives her his most prized possession, his treasured spyglass from his seafaring days, to sell in New York. The family watches at the railroad station as Ruth departs.
Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play Years Ago, directed by her husband Garson Kanin, debuted on Broadway at New York's Mansfield Theatre on December 3, 1946, starring Frederic March and his wife Florence Eldridge. The play was Gordon's second as a playwright; her first, Over 21, in which she also starred, ran on Broadway for 221 performances.
In May 1947, MGM was reportedly seeking to obtain the screen rights to Gordon's play for a sum speculated to be as high as $450,000. The studio initially planned to team Spencer Tracy with Judy Garland for the film adaptation.
In September 1950, RKO Pictures was nearing a deal for the film rights, with Jerry Wald and Norman Krasna to be the film's producers and Kanin to write the screenplay and direct. However, MGM was the studio that eventually secured the property.
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The Actress
The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor and based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play Years Ago. Gordon also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons and Teresa Wright, and it features Anthony Perkins in his film debut.
In Wollaston, Massachusetts in 1913, teenage student Ruth Gordon Jones dreams of a theatrical career after becoming mesmerized by a performance of The Pink Lady at a Boston theater. She writes a fan letter to leading lady Hazel Dawn, who replies with encouragement for Ruth to pursue her dreams.
Ruth schemes to withdraw from school and move to New York City. However, her father Clinton Jones, a former seaman now working a menial factory job, wants her to continue her education and become a physical-education instructor. Ruth is courted by Fred Whitmarsh, a Harvard student who falls in love with her and proposes marriage.
When Ruth is afforded the chance to audition for a leading producer, she disobeys her father and deflects Fred's romantic overtures to keep the appointment. However, her audition proves disastrous and crushes her confidence and enthusiasm. She confesses to her father what she has done, and although initially angry, he offers to support her during her first few months in New York if she agrees to obtain her high school diploma. Despite his promise, Clinton is not sure how he will find the support money, and he is anxious about his job security. He depends upon his annual bonus, but his employer is slow in paying it.
Her enthusiasm restored, Ruth arranges to move to New York after graduation. On the departure day, Clinton loses his job after confronting his boss about his bonus, leaving him with no money to give to Ruth. When Clinton sees that Ruth is determined to proceed to New York without his monetary support, he gives her his most prized possession, his treasured spyglass from his seafaring days, to sell in New York. The family watches at the railroad station as Ruth departs.
Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play Years Ago, directed by her husband Garson Kanin, debuted on Broadway at New York's Mansfield Theatre on December 3, 1946, starring Frederic March and his wife Florence Eldridge. The play was Gordon's second as a playwright; her first, Over 21, in which she also starred, ran on Broadway for 221 performances.
In May 1947, MGM was reportedly seeking to obtain the screen rights to Gordon's play for a sum speculated to be as high as $450,000. The studio initially planned to team Spencer Tracy with Judy Garland for the film adaptation.
In September 1950, RKO Pictures was nearing a deal for the film rights, with Jerry Wald and Norman Krasna to be the film's producers and Kanin to write the screenplay and direct. However, MGM was the studio that eventually secured the property.