The Actress

The Actress

Infobox Film
name = The Actress


image_size = 215px
caption = original poster
director = George Cukor
producer = Lawrence Weingarten
writer = Ruth Gordon
narrator =
starring = Spencer Tracy
Jean Simmons
Theresa Wright
Anthony Perkins
music = Bronislau Kaper
cinematography = Harold Rosson
editing = George Boemler
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = September 25 fy|1953 "(US)"
runtime = 90 minutes
country = FilmUS
language = English
budget =
gross =
imdb_id = 0045471

"The Actress" (fy|1953) is a drama film based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play "Years Ago". Gordon herself wrote the screenplay. The film was directed by George Cukor and stars Jean Simmons, Spencer Tracy, Teresa Wright, and Anthony Perkins in his film debut.

The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Black-and-White Costume Design. Tracy won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Drama and was nominated for a BAFTA as Best Foreign Actor. Simmons was named Best Actress by the National Board of Review, and Gordon's screenplay was nominated Best Written American Comedy by the Writers Guild of America, despite being far more dramatic than comedic. [IMDB [http://imdb.com/title/tt0045471/awards Awards] ]

Plot

Teenage student Ruth Gordon Jones (Jean Simmons) dreams of a theatrical career after becoming mesmerized by a performance of "The Pink Lady" in a Boston theater. Encouraged to pursue her dream by real-life leading lady Hazel Dawn in response to a fan letter she sent her, Ruth schemes to drop out of school and move to New York City, much to the dismay of her father, Clinton Jones (Spencer Tracy), a former seaman now working at a menial factory job, who urges her to continue her education and become a physical education instructor instead. When Ruth's audition with a leading producer proves disastrous and the girl's enthusiasm is crushed, her father offers to support her during her first few months in New York if she will at least get her high school diploma.

The film basically is a series of vignettes involving Ruth, her parents, her best friends, and the college boy romantically pursuing her. Although Gordon did in fact become an accomplished Academy Award-winning actress and a successful writer, the film ends before the audience knows if the girl will achieve her goals.

Cast

*Spencer Tracy as "Clinton Jones"
*Jean Simmons as "Ruth Gordon Jones"
*Teresa Wright as "Annie Jones"
*Anthony Perkins as "Fred Whitmarsh" (film debut)
*Ian Wolfe as "Mr. Bagley"
*Kay Williams as "Hazel Dawn"
*Mary Wickes as "Emma Glavey"
*Norma Jean Nilsson as "Anna Williams"
*Dawn Bender as "Katherine Follets"
*Jackie Coogan as "Inopportune" (uncredited)

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