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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Ruth Gordon (play)
Ruth Gordon (screenplay)
Release Date:
25 September 1953 (USA) more
Tagline:
There's hope and heart-ache in the adventures of a stage-struck daughter!
Plot:
Former seaman Clinton Jones now works at a lowly job. His daughter Ruth wants to become an actress.... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Lovely Old Fashioned Movie more (14 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Spencer Tracy | ... | Clinton Jones |
 | Jean Simmons | ... | Ruth Gordon Jones |
 | Teresa Wright | ... | Annie Jones |
 | Anthony Perkins | ... | Fred Whitmarsh |
 | Ian Wolfe | ... | Mr. Bagley |
| Kay Williams | ... | Hazel Dawn |
 | Mary Wickes | ... | Emma Glavey |
| Norma Jean Nilsson | ... | Anna Williams |
| Dawn Bender | ... | Katherine Follets |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Keith Hitchcock | ... | Comedian (scenes deleted) |
| Mitchell Lewis | ... | Porter of the theatre (scenes deleted) |
| Matt Moore | ... | Waiter (scenes deleted) |
| Walter Reed | ... | John Craig (scenes deleted) |
| Erwin Volze | ... | Mr. Donough (scenes deleted) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Years Ago (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #16537) | Australia:G (TV rating)
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During first-run engagements of The Actress (1953), selected movie houses around the country projected the film's opening sequence - a recreation of a production number from the play, "The Pink Lady", in wide screen to emphasize the larger-than-life quality of Ruth Gordon's fascination with the stage. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In a scene late in the film set in the kitchen, the light fixture over the kitchen table is seen (and heard!) to rise up to allow the camera to pass below it. more
Quotes:
Annie Jones:
Ruth, why don't you give up this going on the stage business and settle down with a nice man?
Ruth Gordon Jones:
Oh, mama, don't be disgusting!
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Movie Connections:
Version of "The Ford Theatre Hour: Years Ago (#1.1)" (1948) more
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Lovely, beautiful, sentimental and also a funny movie that takes you back to a much, much earlier time in America that will never be again. A story of a young girl who wants to be an actress and her salty father who is really a kind person. We have the appearance of the young Anthony Perkins as well. The movie is very well acted and it is based on the true life story of Ruth Gordon (born Ruth Gordon Jones). It is a movie that the whole family will enjoy--very nostalgic and endearing. I enjoyed it. See it when you can or rent or buy it. Entertaining and delightful and as I said at the beginning: it is a lovely old fashioned movie. They don't make them like this anymore and more's the pity.