Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

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Written by Herman Wouk, Everett Freeman

Directed by Irving Rapper

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1958

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

PG Natalie Wood plays the eponymous heroine, a young Jewish girl unsure of herself who finds herself drawn to Noel Airman, a drama coach at a summer camp and a dreamer whose aim is to see his musical on Broadway. Unfortunately, the musical is awful and Airman is only after Marjorie for her connections. Torn between her feckless lover, who plans to flee to Europe and asks her to go with him, and her upright fiancee Dr David Harris, it's only at the end that she realises her friend Wally Wronkin is the one and only man for her. Irving Rapper's film, based on Herman Wouk's bestseller, was Wood's big role after The Wild One and made her a star, while Kelly plays against type as the older man after her for all the wrong reasons.

When is Marjorie Morningstar next on TV?

In the UK... it's next showing on Film4 November 19th, 2:25pm and on Film4 November 24th, 4:40pm. See more...

Cast

Image for Gene KellyGene KellyNoel Airman
Image for Natalie WoodNatalie WoodMarjorie Morgenstern
Claire TrevorRose Morgenstern
Everett SloaneArnold Morgenstern
Martin MilnerWally Wronkin
Carolyn JonesMarsha Zelenko
George TobiasMaxwell Greech
Image for Martin BalsamMartin BalsamDr. David Harris
Jesse WhiteLou Michaelson
Edd ByrnesSandy Lamm
Paul PicerniPhilip Berman
Alan ReedPuddles Podell
Image for Ruta LeeRuta LeeImogene Norman
Ed WynnUncle Sampson

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