The Late George Apley

The Late George Apley

Comedy

68%

The Late George Apley

The Late George Apley

NR

3/19/19471h 33m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Stop apologizing for sex, George Apley...you didn't invent it! ~

Overview:

George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley home on Beacon Street is threatened, as is the hoped-for union of John and Apley-cousin Agnes.

Director:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

boston, massachusetts
1910s

Cast

Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman

~ as ~

George Apley

Peggy Cummins

Peggy Cummins

~ as ~

Eleanor 'Ellie' Apley

Vanessa Brown

Vanessa Brown

~ as ~

Agnes Willing

Mildred Natwick

Mildred Natwick

~ as ~

Amelia Newcombe

Richard Haydn

Richard Haydn

~ as ~

Horatio Willing

Nydia Westman

Nydia Westman

~ as ~

Jane Willing

Percy Waram

Percy Waram

~ as ~

Roger Newcombe

Richard Ney

Richard Ney

~ as ~

John Apley

Edna Best

Edna Best

~ as ~

Catherine Apley

Charles Russell

Charles Russell

~ as ~

Howard Boulder

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The "Apley" family have been part of the Bostonian establishment since God was a boy, and the head of the household "George" (Ronald Colman) is keen to ensure that with his wife "Catherine" (Edna Best) his son and daughter follow firmly in their establishment footsteps. Thing is, his daughter "Eleanor" (Peggy Cummins) and his son "Richard" (Richard Ney) are rather more independently spirited than that, and their definition of conformity is not quite that of their father! What now ensues is a rather nicely paced comedy that offers us the principle of coming of age - but in this case it's the grown ups who have to come to an age in which their traditions are important, but not all-so. It's based on John Marquand's original, quite satirical, story that casts gentle aspersions on snobbery and elitism, but also acknowledges some of the values those eschewed as a bedrock for a solid and decently evolving society. Colman is on good form in a role I imagined might have suited George Arliss too, and there is the always reliable Mildred Natwick amongst a supporting cast of the sympathetic and not so amongst this family that simply has to adapt to survive. This is an enjoyable ninety minutes of social observation and is well worth a watch.