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The Great Gatsby (1949) DVD
The plot
Jay Gatsby has built a fortune and a dazzling social life, but his ambitions turn on a woman he cannot forget. When his world intersects again with Daisy Buchanan’s, the promise of recapturing the past draws friends and rivals into a dangerous emotional tangle. Alan Ladd plays Gatsby opposite Betty Field and Macdonald Carey in Elliott Nugent’s 1949 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. For viewers exploring different screen versions of the book, this Hollywood interpretation offers an intriguing meeting of romantic longing, criminal wealth and the brittle glamour of the Jazz Age.
- Format
- DVD-R
- Region Code
- Region Free / All Regions
- Video Standard
- NTSC
- Audio Track
- English
- Includes
- Standard DVD keepcase, high-quality outer cover artwork, and printed disc labels.
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Jay Gatsby has built a fortune and a dazzling social life, but his ambitions turn on a woman he cannot forget. When his world intersects again with Daisy Buchanan’s, the promise of recapturing the past draws friends and rivals into a dangerous emotional tangle.
Alan Ladd plays Gatsby opposite Betty Field and Macdonald Carey in Elliott Nugent’s 1949 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. For viewers exploring different screen versions of the book, this Hollywood interpretation offers an intriguing meeting of romantic longing, criminal wealth and the brittle glamour of the Jazz Age.
Audio: English
Runtime: Approximately 91 minutes
- Runtime
- Approximately 91 minutes
- Bonus features
- Not confirmed
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Starring: Alan Ladd · Betty Field · Macdonald Carey
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