The Great Gatsby (1949) | |
| Director(s) | Elliott Nugent |
| Producer(s) | Richard Maibaum |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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The Great Gatsby (1949) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Elliott Nugent and produced by Richard Maibaum.
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Silents are Golden: The Great Gatsby Turns 100: A Retrospective
By Lea Stans on Oct 23, 2025 From Classic Movie Hub BlogThe Great Gatsby Turns 100: A Retrospective One of the Great American Novels of the 20th century, The Great Gatsby continues to have a massive influence on how we imagine the ?Jazz Age.? We refer to 1920s-themed parties as ?Gatsby parties,? often call 1920s-inspired costumes and aesthetics ?G... Read full article
The Great Gatsby (1949, Elliot Nugent)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 3, 2019 From The Stop ButtonThe Great Gatsby can get away with a lot thanks to lead Alan Ladd, much of it related to the adaptation. Gatsby, the film, does open with ?narrator? Macdonald Carey?set in the present, with Carey reminiscing on the grand old Jazz Age. Of course, the Jazz Age looks a little different in Carey?s memor... Read full article
The Great Gatsby (1949, Elliot Nugent)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 3, 2019 From The Stop ButtonThe Great Gatsby can get away with a lot thanks to lead Alan Ladd, much of it related to the adaptation. Gatsby, the film, does open with ?narrator? Macdonald Carey?set in the present, with Carey reminiscing on the grand old Jazz Age. Of course, the Jazz Age looks a little different in Carey?s memor... Read full article
The Great Gatsby (1949, Elliot Nugent)
on Sep 3, 2019 From The Stop ButtonThe Great Gatsby can get away with a lot thanks to lead Alan Ladd, much of it related to the adaptation. Gatsby, the film, does open with ?narrator? Macdonald Carey?set in the present, with Carey reminiscing on the grand old Jazz Age. Of course, the Jazz Age looks a little different in Carey?s memor... Read full article
The Great Gatsby (1949, Elliot Nugent)
on Sep 3, 2019 From The Stop ButtonThe Great Gatsby can get away with a lot thanks to lead Alan Ladd, much of it related to the adaptation. Gatsby, the film, does open with ?narrator? Macdonald Carey?set in the present, with Carey reminiscing on the grand old Jazz Age. Of course, the Jazz Age looks a little different in Carey?s memor... Read full article
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The Broadway production of "The Great Gatsby" by Owen Davis based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald opened at the Ambassador Theater on February 2, 1926, ran for 112 performances and directed by future movie director George Cukor.
Howard Da Silva also appeared in the 1974 film version of The Great Gatsby as the gangster Meyer Wolfsheim.
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