Morning Glory

Morning Glory (1933) is a pre-Code American drama film which tells the story of an eager but unstable would-be actress whose good looks draw more attention than her acting. It stars Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Adolphe Menjou. The movie was adapted by Howard J. Green from the play by Zoe Akins. It was directed by Lowell Sherman. Katharine Hepburn won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this movie. Morning Glory was remad... more

Morning Glory (1933) is a pre-Code American drama film which tells the story of an eager but unstable would-be actress whose good looks draw more attention than her acting. It stars Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Adolphe Menjou. The movie was adapted by Howard J. Green from the play by Zoe Akins. It was directed by Lowell Sherman. Katharine Hepburn won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this movie. Morning Glory was remade as Stage Struck in 1958. Eva Lovelace (Hepburn) is a small town theater performer who hopes to make it big in Broadway. She goes to auditions and tries to get a role in an upcoming play that would help her make it to the big time. While there, several other actresses auditioning make the cut and they cast them and not her since they have a lot more experience on stage than her. A theater coach (Menjou), whom she meets while auditions agrees to give her acting and theater coach lessons. She later meets Joseph Sheridan (Fairbanks), who later... less