![]() ![]() ![]() The Production Code was still strictly being enforced by the Hays Office. This 1949 film does have one strike against it from the outset. And, I assume that it will soon be available on DVD or will be shown on TCM (so far, it has not). Scott Fitzgerald novel-and I had the fortune to see this film over the weekend at the TCM Film Festival. In 1949, Alan Ladd made the first talking version of the F. However, there is one other version-one that was thought to be lost up until 2012 and I have had this near the top of my must-see list for years. There also is the famous 1974 Robert Redford and Mia Farrow film that earned four times its cost to make (wow!). There was a 1922 version that is considered lost- and no one has seen this film in decades. However, I did some research and found that there are at least three prior theatrical versions-and they all met different levels of success. Although it made well over $140,000,000 in the US, it cost $100,000,000 to make-but it was well-attended and the critical reviews were mostly positive. Now this does not mean that it was a huge financial success-but it was a success. The public's response to the recent remake of The Great Gatsby was unexpectedly strong-and for several weeks it led at the box office. ![]()
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