Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

  • NR
  • 04/24/1958 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 2h 3m

Would this glamorous girl choose love...or a star-spangled Career?

Overview

While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie, he is an upper-middle-class New York Jew, but has fallen away from his roots, and Marjorie's parents object among other things to his lack of a suitable profession. Noel himself warns Marjorie repeatedly that she's much too naive and conventional for him, but they nonetheless fall in love.

Irving Rapper

Director

Everett Freeman

Screenplay

Herman Wouk

Novel

Cast

Gene Kelly's headshot

Gene Kelly

Noel Airman
Natalie Wood's headshot

Natalie Wood

Marjorie Morgenstern
Claire Trevor's headshot

Claire Trevor

Rose Morgenstern
Everett Sloane's headshot

Everett Sloane

Arnold Morgenstern
Martin Milner's headshot

Martin Milner

Wally Wronkin
Carolyn Jones's headshot

Carolyn Jones

Marsha Zelenko
George Tobias's headshot

George Tobias

Maxwell Greech
Martin Balsam's headshot

Martin Balsam

Dr. David Harris

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