The Late George Apley (1947)

The Late George Apley (1947) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Film Credits
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1947 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Written By:
Philip Dunne
George S. Kaufman

Actors:
Ronald Colman ..... George Apley
Vanessa Brown ..... Agnes Willing
Richard Haydn ..... Horatio Willing
Charles Russell ..... Howard Boulder
Richard Ney ..... John Apley
Percy Waram ..... Roger Newcombe
Mildred Natwick ..... Amelia Newcombe
Edna Best ..... Catherine Apley
Nydia Westman ..... Jane Willing
Peggy Cummins ..... Eleanor 'Ellie' Apley
Susan Blanchard ..... Myrtle (scenes deleted)

Synopsis:

It's 1912 Boston. The Apley family, led by its patriarch George, is built on a foundation of the strong traditions of being Bostonians. Anyone who is anyone in Boston knows who the Apleys are, or at least that's what the Apleys would like to believe. George aspires to the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who he sees as espousing the strong traditions upon which he lives. George and his wife Catherine's life, and by extension that of George's extended family, is turned upside down when their two children go against the traditions of the family. Daughter Eleanor has fallen in love with Howard Boulder, who is not only not originally from Boston but is not a Harvard man. And the family believes that son John is courting his cousin, Agnes Willing, as he should be. Agnes also believes this to be the case. But that belief is false as John has fallen in love with someone outside his circle, namely Myrtle Dole, who is not only the daughter of a mechanic, but is - aghast to George - a foreigner: she lives in Worcester. George tries to convince his children that they should follow his strict moral traditions. He can't quite understand why his family and public life isn't falling into place like tradition dictates it should.

Based on John P. Marquand's Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical novel of the same title, this film stars Ronald Colman as George Apley, a Beantown blueblood passionately in love with his hometown. In his mind, Boston is the world's center of modern civilization and gentility and he has made it very clear that his son and daughter are to remain there for their entire lives and only associate with native Bostonians. Imagine poor Apley's horror, then, when his Harvard-student son falls in love with a Worcester girl and his daughter falls in love with a Yale student.

George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley home on Beacon Street is threatened, as is the hoped-for union of John and Apley-cousin Agnes.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 14 November, 2021.