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Marjorie Morningstar
“Would this glamorous girl choose love...or a star-spangled Career?”
6.3 / 10• 1958• 2h 3m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Gene Kelly
Noel Airman
Lead
Natalie Wood
Marjorie Morgenstern
Claire Trevor
Rose Morgenstern
Everett Sloane
Arnold Morgenstern
Martin Milner
Wally Wronkin
Carolyn Jones
Marsha Zelenko
George Tobias
Maxwell Greech
Martin Balsam
Dr. David Harris
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Irving Rapper's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Marjorie Morningstar is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
