Marjorie Morningstar

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Marjorie Morningstar ★★ 1958

A temperate Hollywood adaptation of the Herman Wouk story of a young actress who fails to achieve stardom and settles on being a housewife. Wood slipped a bit in this story. 123m/C VHS, DVD . Natalie Wood, Gene Kelly, Martin Balsam, Claire Trevor, Ed Wynn, Everett Sloane, Carolyn Jones; D: Irving Rapper; C: Harry Stradling Sr.; M: Max Steiner.

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