Morning Glory (1933 film)

Morning Glory
Original US cinema poster
Directed byLowell Sherman
Screenplay byHoward J. Green
Based onMorning Glory (play)
by Zoë Akins
Produced byPandro S. Berman
StarringKatharine Hepburn
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Adolphe Menjou
CinematographyBert Glennon
Edited byWilliam Hamilton
Music byMax Steiner
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures (US)
Release date
  • August 18, 1933 (1933-08-18) (US)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$239,000[1]
Box office$582,000[1]

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[2] 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.

  1. ^ a b Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
  2. ^ AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Morning Glory Linked 2013-11-02