Morning Glory
Morning Glory is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film which tells the story of an eager would-be actress and her journey to stardom, and her gains and losses. The picture stars Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Adolphe Menjou, was adapted by Howard J. Green from a then-unproduced stage play of the same name by Zoë Akins, and was directed by Lowell Sherman. Hepburn won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this movie. Morning Glory was remade in 1958 under the title Stage Struck.
Plot
Eva Lovelace (Katharine Hepburn) is a small-town performer who has dreamed since childhood of making it big on Broadway. She has gone to many auditions, but no one has given her a break yet. At the management office of the Easton Theatre, star Rita Vernon (Mary Duncan) breezes in to see the middle-aged theater owner and producer, Louis Easton (Adolphe Menjou), who is well aware of his prestige in the theater world. Rita is a diva, high-handed and self-absorbed, with an alcohol problem as well, but she's under verbal contract to Easton. She shamelessly flirts as she negotiates a deal; she'll accept a small role (which she doesn't want) in the upcoming play, for one big concession: her pick of roles in the next production. The principals are taking a risk that she'll contain her artistic temperament and lay off the bottle. Even so, her name and fame will help launch the play, a new comedy by Joseph Sheridan (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.)
Awards
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| author | Howard J. Green |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Actress |
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Lowell Sherman |
| editor | William Hamilton |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | begin big con doom dressing room elderly lady follow inebriate morning new england opening night principal road to stardom rock rocky road show business struggle taking a risk true love |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress |
| producer | Pandro S. Berman |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures |
| publisher | RKO Radio Pictures |