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Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

APPROVED 128 min  -  Drama | Romance  -   24 October 1958 (West Germany)
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While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman... See full summary »

Director:

Irving Rapper

Writers:

Everett Freeman (screenplay), Herman Wouk (novel)
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Gene Kelly ...
Noel Airman
Natalie Wood ...
Marjorie Morgenstern
Claire Trevor ...
Rose Morgenstern
Everett Sloane Everett Sloane ...
Arnold Morgenstern
Martin Milner ...
Wally Wronkin (as Marty Milner)
Carolyn Jones ...
Marsha Zelenko
George Tobias ...
Maxwell Greech
Martin Balsam Martin Balsam ...
Dr. David Harris
Jesse White Jesse White ...
Lou Michaelson
Edd Byrnes ...
Sandy Lamm (as Edward Byrnes)
Paul Picerni ...
Philip Berman
Alan Reed Alan Reed ...
Puddles Podell
Ruta Lee ...
Imogene Norman
Ed Wynn ...
Uncle Samson
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Storyline

While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie, he is an upper-middle-class 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. Noel himself warns Marjorie repeatedly that she's much too naive and conventional for him, but they nonetheless fall in love. As they pursue an on-again-off-again relationship, Marjorie completes her studies at Hunter College, and works to establish an acting career, while Noel first leaves the theater for a job with an advertising agency, but later completes a musical he'd started writing before he and Marjorie had first met. Meanwhile, their relationship deepens (though, consistent with '50s Hollywood mores... Written by HelenLipson<lipson@mnstate.edu>  

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Summer | Love | Playwright | Advertising Agency | Camp  | See more »

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The picture that is the story of every young girl who ever had to choose between decency and desire! See more »

Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(West Germany) See more »

Also Known As:

Die Liebe der Marjorie Morningstar See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beachwold Productions See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Warnercolor)
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Paul Newman was initially offered the role of Noel Airman that eventually went to Gene Kelly. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: At Marsha's wedding, Marjorie extinguishes her cigarette twice. See more »

Quotes

Marjorie Morgenstern: Were you in love with Papa when you married him?
Rose Morgenstern: When I met your father I was in love with Rudolph Valentino.
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Crazy Credits

There is a credit for the perfume worn by the leading players. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "The Bob Newhart Show: The Heartbreak Kidd (#5.18)" (1977) See more »

Soundtracks

"A Very Precious Love"
Music by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster See more »