The Great Gatsby (1949 film)

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black-and-white film drama film film

The Great Gatsby (1949 film) is a black-and-white drama adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, focusing on the tragic romance and moral decay of Jazz Age America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf black-and-white film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ
basedOn The Great Gatsby ⓘ
surface form: The Great Gatsby (novel)
characterPortrayedBy Daisy Buchanan ⓘ
surface form: Daisy Buchanan – Betty Field

Jay Gatsby ⓘ
surface form: Jay Gatsby – Alan Ladd

Jordan Baker ⓘ
surface form: Jordan Baker – Ruth Hussey

Meyer Wolfsheim ⓘ
surface form: Meyer Wolfsheim – Howard Da Silva

Nick Carraway ⓘ
surface form: Nick Carraway – Macdonald Carey

Tom Buchanan ⓘ
surface form: Tom Buchanan – Barry Sullivan
cinematographer John F. Seitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess black and white ⓘ
composer Robert Emmett Dolan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Elliott Nugent ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor Warren Low ⓘ
eraDepicted Roaring Twenties ⓘ
surface form: Jazz Age
genre drama film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
hasAdaptationSourceType novel adaptation ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainCharacter Daisy Buchanan ⓘ
Jay Gatsby ⓘ
narrativeFocus tragic romance ⓘ
narratorCharacter Nick Carraway ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Richard Maibaum ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1949-07-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1949 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 91 ⓘ
screenwriter Cyril Hume ⓘ
Richard Maibaum ⓘ
setInLocation Long Island ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
setInTimePeriod 1920s ⓘ
starred Alan Ladd ⓘ
Barry Sullivan ⓘ
Betty Field ⓘ
Howard Da Silva ⓘ
Macdonald Carey ⓘ
Ruth Hussey ⓘ
theme American Dream ⓘ
Jazz Age society ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
title The Great Gatsby ⓘ

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The Great Gatsby → adaptedAs → The Great Gatsby (1949 film) ⓘ
Howard Da Silva → notableWork → The Great Gatsby (1949 film) ⓘ