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Marjorie Morningstar is a 1958 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper from a screenplay by Everett Freeman, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Herman Wouk.
Marjorie Morningstar is a 1955 novel by Herman Wouk about a woman who wants to become an actress. Marjorie Morningstar has been called "the first Jewish novel that was popular and successful, not merely to a Jewish audience but to a general one".
Rich with humor and poignancy, Marjorie Morningstar is a classic love story, one that spans two continents and two decades in the life of its heroine. This unforgettable paean to youthful love and the bittersweet sorrow of a first heartbreak endures as one of Herman Wouk's most beloved creations.
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Marjorie Morningstar: Directed by Irving Rapper. With Gene Kelly, Natalie Wood, Claire Trevor, Everett Sloane. At 18, Marjorie Morgenstern is the proverbial New York Jewish-American princess on the cusp of womanhood.
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- Drama, Romance
- Irving Rapper
- 1958-04-24
A young Jewish woman falls in love with a older aspiring playwright, but faces opposition from her family and his insecurities. The movie follows her journey of self-discovery and romance in New York and the Catskills.
Though Marjorie's parents pressure her to settle into a middle-class family life, she brushes aside the doctor they want her to marry (Martin Balsam), changes her name to Marjorie...
- Drama
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May 23, 2011 · Marjorie Morningstar, novel by Herman Wouk, published in 1955, about a woman who rebels against the confining middle-class values of her industrious American Jewish family. Her dream of being an actress ends in failure.
