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Few Hollywood filmmakers had his [Mankiewicz] flair for staging verbose conversation; this remains effervescent and visually elegant even when the material verges on stodginess.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
The Late George Apley
Stop apologizing for sex, George Apley...you didn't invent it!
1947 · 1h 33m · Approved
Comedy
Directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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The Late George Apley
Overview
Bostonites George and Catherine Apley live a proper life in a social circle. However, their daughter Eleanor's love for Howard Boulton and their son John's union with Myrtle threatens their home.
Director and cast
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director
- Ronald Colman as George Apley
- Peggy Cummins as Eleanor 'Ellie' Apley
- Vanessa Brown as Agnes Willing
- Mildred Natwick as Amelia Newcombe
- Richard Haydn as Horatio Willing
- Richard Neil as John Apley
- Nydia Westman as Jane Willing
- Percy Waram as Roger Newcombe
- Richard Ney as John Apley
- Edna Best as Catherine Apley
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