Carrie
Carrie is a 1952 American romantic drama film based on the novel Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser. Directed by William Wyler, the film stars Jennifer Jones in the title role and Laurence Olivier as Hurstwood. Eddie Albert played Charles Drouet. Carrie received two Academy Award nominations: Costume Design (Edith Head), and Best Art Direction (Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Emile Kuri).
Plot
Around the turn of the century, Carrie Meeber (Jennifer Jones) leaves her family in a small rural town and heads to Chicago. On the train to Chicago, salesman Charles Drouet (Eddie Albert) approaches her and the two chat until they reach Chicago.
Cast
- Barry Kelley
- Basil Ruysdael
- Charles Halton
- Don Beddoe
- Dorothy Adams
- Eddie Albert
- G. Raymond Nye
- Harry Hayden
- Jacqueline deWit
- James Flavin
- Jean De Briac
- Jennifer Jones
- Jim Hayward
- John Alvin
- Laurence Olivier
- Margaret Field
- Mary Murphy
- Miriam Hopkins
- Ray Teal
- Royal Dano
- Stuart Holmes
- Walter Baldwin
- William Reynolds
More details
| author | Theodore Dreiser |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | William Wyler |
| editor | Robert Swink |
| genre | drama historical |
| keywords | act actress baby bigamy business trip divorce dressing room how to hunt job hunting living on the streets lock married poverty run away sew steal talk turn of the century |
| musicBy | David Raksin |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White |
| producer | Lester Koenig |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | romantic drama |