The Great Gatsby (1949)

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1h 31min
Drama, Mystery
13 Jul 1949 (USA)
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A Jazz Age bootlegger learns the hard way about the wages of sin.

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Elliott Nugent

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	Alan Ladd	...	Jay Gatsby
	Betty Field	...	Daisy Buchanan
	Macdonald Carey	...	Nicholas 'Nick' Carraway
	Ruth Hussey	...	Jordan Baker
	Barry Sullivan	...	Tom Buchanan
	Howard Da Silva	...	Wilson
	Shelley Winters	...	Myrtle Wilson
	Henry Hull	...	Dan Cody
	Ed Begley	...	Myron Lupus
	Elisha Cook Jr.	...	Klipspringer
	Nicholas Joy	...	Drunken Guest at Party
	Walter Greaza	...	Kinsella
	Tito Vuolo	...	Mavromichaelis
	Ray Walker	...	Real Estate Man
	Diane Nance	...	Pamela
	Jack Lambert	...	Reba
	Jack Gargan	...	Gold Pro
	Laura Mason	...	Twin (as Lynne Romer)
	Jean Romer	...	Twin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Ed Agresti	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	John Alban	...	Patent Medicine King (uncredited)
	Sam Ash	...	Waiter (uncredited)
	Edward Biby	...	Businessman at Accident (uncredited)
	James Carlisle	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Bruce Carruthers	...	One of Gatsby's Servants (uncredited)
	Edward Clark	...	One of Gatsby's Servants (uncredited)
	Oliver Cross	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Robert Cunningham	...	Cop (uncredited)
	James Davis	...	Truck Driver (uncredited)
	Dorothy Dayton	...	Hula Dancer (uncredited)
	Sayre Dearing	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Nancy Duke	...	Rita Willis (uncredited)
	Bess Flowers	...	New York Woman (uncredited)
	Phyllis Godfrey	...	One of Gatsby's Servants (uncredited)
	Lisa Golm	...	Pamela's Nurse (uncredited)
	Marion Gray	...	One of Gatsby's Servants (uncredited)
	Marc Hamilton	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Sam Harris	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Len Hendry	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Lucille House	...	Girl Rider (uncredited)
	Jerry James	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Howard Joslin	...	Waiter (uncredited)
	Richard Keene	...	Producer (uncredited)
	Dee La Nore	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Louise Lane	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	James Lee	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Leota Lorraine	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Robert Locke Lorraine	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Carole Mathews	...	Ella Cody (uncredited)
	William Meader	...	Director (uncredited)
	Ralph Montgomery	...	On-looker at Accident (uncredited)
	Sol Murgi	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	George Murray	...	Cully Benson, Real Estate Man (uncredited)
	Hugh Murray	...	Buchanan Butler (uncredited)
	Herbert Naish	...	Sailor (uncredited)
	George Nardelli	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Gordon Nelson	...	Gatsby's Butler (uncredited)
	Byron Poindexter	...	Army Officer (uncredited)
	Paul Power	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Hal Rand	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Renee Randall	...	Actress at Party (uncredited)
	Jack Roberts	...	Businessman at Accident (uncredited)
	Clark Ross	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	William Self	...	Collegian (uncredited)
	Bill Sheehan	...	Waiter at New York Hotel (uncredited)
	Bhogwan Singh	...	Maharaja (uncredited)
	Ray Teal	...	Cop at Accident Scene (uncredited)
	Bob Templeton	...	Fiance (uncredited)

Directed by

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Elliott Nugent

Written by

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F. Scott Fitzgerald	...	(novel)

Owen Davis	...	(play)

Cyril Hume	...	(writer)

Richard Maibaum	...	(writer)

Produced by

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Richard Maibaum

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producer

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Robert Emmett Dolan

Cinematography by

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John F. Seitz

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director of photography

Editing by

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Ellsworth Hoagland

Editorial Department

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Floyd Knudtson

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assistant cutter

Art Direction by

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Roland Anderson
Hans Dreier

Set Decoration by

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Sam Comer
Ray Moyer

Costume Design by

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Edith Head

Makeup Department

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Edith Keon	...	hair stylist
Hal Lierley	...	makeup artist
Nellie Manley	...	hair stylist
Lenore Weaver	...	hair stylist
Wally Westmore	...	makeup artist

Production Management

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Frank Caffey	...	production manager
Richard Johnston	...	production manager
Charles Woolstenhulme	...	production manager (as Chas. Woolstenhulme)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Lewis Allen	...	second unit director
Bud Brill	...	second assistant director (as Henry E. Brill)
Herbert Coleman	...	assistant director (as William H. Coleman)
Richard Maibaum	...	second unit director
Michael D. Moore	...	second assistant director

Art Department

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Roy Kreuger

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props

Sound Department

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Hugo Grenzbach	...	sound
Wallace Nogle	...	stage engineer
Walter Oberst	...	sound
Gordon Rayburn	...	sound recordist

Visual Effects by

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Jan Domela	...	special photographic effects
Farciot Edouart	...	process photography
Gordon Jennings	...	special photographic effects
Irmin Roberts	...	special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Otto Pierce	...	camera operator
Harlow Stengel	...	assistant camera
Walt Taylor	...	gaffer
Fred True	...	grip
Jack Koffman	...	still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Bert McKay

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casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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John A. Anderson	...	wardrobe
Joan Joseff	...	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Daniele Amfitheatrof	...	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Phil Boutelje	...	music advisor (uncredited)
Gerard Carbonara	...	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Sidney Cutner	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Dolan	...	musical director (uncredited)
George Parrish	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Miklós Rózsa	...	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Leo Shuken	...	composer: stock music (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Van Cleave	...	orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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William J. Hole Jr.

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script supervisor (as Wm. Hole)

Additional Crew

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Irving Cooper	...	dialogue coach
Josephine Earl	...	dance director
Sam Ledner	...	dance supervisor
Bill Cunningham	...	publicist (uncredited)

Production Companies

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Paramount Pictures

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Paramount Pictures (1949) (United States) (theatrical)
Paramount British Pictures (1949) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures (1949) (Mexico) (theatrical)
Film AB Paramount (1950) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Central Motion Picture Exchange (1950) (Japan) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures (1950) (Norway) (theatrical)
MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (United States) (tv)
Via Vision Entertainment (2015) (Australia) (DVD)
Jeunesse kikaku (2017) (Japan) (DVD)
Paramount Films (Belgium) (theatrical)
Via Vision Entertainment (2023) (Australia) (Blu-ray)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary	Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy. Written by Cleo Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	jay-gatsby-character nick-carraway-character daisy-buchanan-character party tragedy-drama See All (56) »
Taglines	A Great Cast... A Great Novel... A Great Motion Picture See more »
Genres	Drama Mystery Romance
Parents Guide	Add content advisory for parents »
Certification	Finland:K-16 Norway:16 Sweden:15 United Kingdom:A

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Also Known As	Le prix du silence (France) Der große Gatsby (Germany) El gran Gatsby (Spain) Grandezas que matan (Mexico) Marele Gatsby (Romania) See more »
Runtime	91 min
Official Sites	arabuloku.com
Country	United States
Language	English
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Filming Locations	Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Shortly before releasing The Great Gatsby (1974) in cinemas, Paramount Pictures suppressed the distribution of nitrate prints for The Great Gatsby (1926) and The Great Gatsby (1949) to deter theaters from playing those earlier versions instead of their upcoming 1974 version. This decision led to prints for both films being lost. Decades later, in 2012, a print of the 1949 version was rediscovered. The 1926 version is still lost. See more »
Goofs	For the mid-1920s scene of car-loads of youngsters driving hot-rods while drinking hooch, the women are attired in mid-1930s fashions. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in The Screen Writer (1950). See more »
Soundtracks	There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder See more »

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