The Actress

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American film comedy-drama film film

The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film, directed by George Cukor and based on Ruth Gordon’s autobiographical play, depicting a young woman’s determination to pursue a stage career against her father’s wishes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationOf stage play ⓘ
basedOn Years Ago ⓘ
autobiographical play by Ruth Gordon ⓘ
cinematographyBy Harold Rosson ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
conflictWith her father’s wishes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director George Cukor ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy George Boemler ⓘ
filmingStudio MGM ⓘ
surface form: MGM Studios
genre comedy film ⓘ
comedy-drama ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Ruth Gordon ⓘ
surface form: Ruth Gordon Jones
hasTheme conflict between family expectations and career goals ⓘ
father-daughter relationship ⓘ
pursuit of artistic ambition ⓘ
musicBy Bronislau Kaper ⓘ
narrativeFocus young woman’s determination to pursue a stage career ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Ruth Gordon’s youth ⓘ
producer Lawrence Weingarten ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
publicationDate 1953 ⓘ
releaseYear 1953 ⓘ
runtime 90 minutes ⓘ
screenDebutOf Anthony Perkins ⓘ
screenwriter Ruth Gordon ⓘ
setInTimePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
settingLocation New England ⓘ
starring Anthony Perkins ⓘ
Ian Wolfe ⓘ
Jean Simmons ⓘ
Kay Williams ⓘ
Spencer Tracy ⓘ
Teresa Wright ⓘ

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Lawrence Weingarten → notableWork → The Actress ⓘ
Ruth Gordon → notableWork → The Actress ⓘ
Ruth Gordon → wroteWork → The Actress ⓘ