A Place in the Sun (1951)
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
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George Eastman -
Angela Vickers -
Alice Tripp -
Hannah Eastman -
Earl Eastman -
Bellows -
Dist. Atty. R. Frank Marlowe -
Charles Eastman -
Anthony Vickers -
Mrs. Ann Vickers -
Louise Eastman -
Art Jansen - George's Attorney -
Judge R.S. Oldendorff -
Coroner -
Marsha
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Director:
George StevensWriters:
Theodore Dreiser (novel), Patrick Kearney (play), Michael Wilson (screenplay), Harry Brown (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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The novel contains a scene in which Alice Tripp goes to a country doctor and tentatively asks about an abortion. Shelley Winters relates in her autobiography that George Stevens initially planned to drop the scene because "it's rather censorable, but I think if we handle it delicately, it will illuminate the factory girl's terrible plight." Winters was given the new script pages one morning and asked to memorize the lines; Stevens planned to rehearse once, then immediately film the scene for spontaneity. "When he called, 'Action!' I was already crying," Winters wrote. "I twisted my white handkerchief into a shredded ball. The scene was nine minutes long. A full camera load. Boy, did I ever act!" Stevens had Winters do the scene again after letting her realize that tears would only frighten the doctor, and that Alice must try and refrain from crying. "Of course, when we saw the two takes the next day, the one in which I followed his exact direction was remarkable, even if I say so myself. Every time I've seen that scene in a theater, every man in the audience groans and every woman weeps. George had taught me another life-long acting lesson: don't indulge yourself. Make the audience weep."
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George Eastman:
I love you. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe I've even loved you before I saw you.
Goofs
Earl mentions "Something more intimate maybe". Upon Angela's entrance, she replies, "Did I hear you were getting intimate, Earl darling?" Her lips are not saying this line.
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Bear Ye One Another's Burdens(1912) (uncredited)
Written by Mabel J. Rosemon
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Genres
Drama | RomanceDetails
Release Date:
9 November 1951Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$2,295,304 (estimated)
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