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

Director

Lowell Sherman

Producer

Pandro S. Berman

Cinematographer

Bert Glennon

Screenplay

Howard J. Green; Zoe Akins

Music

Max Steiner

Cast

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.

Name: RKO
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