Morning Glory
- Synopsis
- Feature film with a scene in which Katharine Hepburn as an ambitious actress seeking to impress makes a spectacle of herself reciting the ‘to be or not to be’ soliloquy, and a few lines from the balcony scene in
Romeo and Juliet after an evening of drinking at a party. - Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1933
- Duration
- 72 mins
- Availability
- Hire
Credits
- Director
- Lowell Sherman
- Producer
- Pandro S. Berman
- Cinematographer
- Bert Glennon
- Screenplay
- Howard J. Green; Zoe Akins
- Music
- Max Steiner
- Cast
Katharine Hepburn Eva Lovelace (Hamlet) Katharine Hepburn Eva Lovelace (Juliet) Douglas, Jnr Fairbanks Joseph Sheridan
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet; Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- cinema; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- When Sidney Lumet remade the film in 157 as STAGESTRUCK Susan Strasberg omitted the ‘Hamlet’ speech and retained only Juliet’s lines from the balcony scene.
- Awards
- Katharine Hepburn won a 1934 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of Eva Lovelace.
- Reviews
- `Katharine Hepburn as Hamlet and Juliet’ by Bernice Kliman in Shakespeare on Film Newsletter Vol. 13, no. 2 April 1989, p. 6.
Production Company
- Name
RKO
- Notes
- Home Video rights in the UK are handled bu Universal Home Video (qv). TV rights in the UK are held by the BBC. US rights are held by Warner Home Video.
Archive
- Name
UCLA Film & Television Archive
- arsc@ucla.edu
- Web
- http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/databases.html External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (310) 206 5388
- Fax
- (310) 206 5392
- Address
- Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA
Distributor (Hire)
- Name
BFI Film Bookings Unit
- bookings.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/help-faq/film-bookings External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8938 / 8935
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Morning Glory". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/14423 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)