Like marjorie, he is an uppermiddleclass new york jew born ehrman, but has fallen away from his roots, and marjorie s parents object among other things to his lack of a suitable profession, such as medicine or law. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Noel himself warns marjorie repeatedly that shes much too naive and conventional for him, but they nonetheless fall in love. The films trajectory traces marjorie morgensterns attempts to become an artist exemplified through her relationship with the actor and playwright noel airman.
Released 1958, marjorie morningstar stars genekelly, nataliewood, clairetrevor, edwynn the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 3 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. I guess i can appreciate the film more than most since i saw a lot of the characters in my youth and afterwards. One would have been leon uriss exodus and the second was herman wouks marjorie morningstar. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup.
Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info original print. Max steiner marjorie morningstar 1958, vinyl discogs. Marjorie morningstar is a 1958 melodrama film based on the 1955 novel of the same name by herman wouk. If you grew up in a jewish home or even a mixed household as i did there were two books in every domicile. The movie ends with a clear implication wally and marjorie will finally be a couple.
The familiar old standard, a very precious love by sammy fain and paul francis webster has been covered by such crooners as the ames brothers, doris day, jack jones, and others, but it was gene kelly who introduced it in the 1958 film adaptation of herman wouks 1955 novel, marjorie morningstar, which was directed by irving rapper. In this film, natalie wood stars as marjorie morganstern, who despite the wishes of her setintheirways jewish parents aspires to be an actress. Ed wynn, gene kelly, martin balsam, natalie wood, claire trevor, everett sloane official content from. Classic hollywood movie marjorie morningstar trailer 1958 director. Released 1958, marjorie morningstar stars genekelly, nataliewood, clairetrevor, edwynn the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 3 min, and received. Though marjorie s parents pressure her to settle into a middleclass family life, she brushes aside the doctor they want her to marry martin balsam, changes her name to marjorie. Marjorie morningstar soundtrack cd details and availability.