The Great Gatsby [dvd video] / a Paramount picture ; screen play by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum ; produced by Richard Maibaum ; directed by Elliott Nugent.
DVD release of the 1949 motion picture. From the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the play by Owen Davis. Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, Barry Sullivan, Howard Da Silva, Shelley Winters.
Summary:
This 1949 movie lavishly takes us on the journey of Jay Gatsby (Alan Ladd) who worked his way from poor fisherman to extravagant millionaire. Travel back in time to the roaring 20s, a time of flappers, bootlegging, art deco architecture, and jazz music, through this classic tale of love and betrayal, deception and mystery. This is the second film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel and was made before the book became considered an American classic.
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