The Late George Apley (film)

The Late George Apley
Directed by	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Produced by	Fred Kohlmar
Written by	John P. Marquand (novel and play) George S. Kaufman (play) Philip Dunne
Starring	Ronald Colman Vanessa Brown Richard Haydn Charles Russell Richard Ney
Music by	Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematography	Joseph LaShelle
Editing by	James B. Clark
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date(s)	March 20, 1947
Running time	93 min
Country	United States
Language	English

The Late George Apley is a 1947 film about a stuffy, upper-class Bostonian who is forced to adjust to a changing world. It starred Ronald Colman in the title role and was based on John P. Marquand's novel of the same name and the subsequent play by Marquand and George S. Kaufman.

Plot

George Apley (Ronald Colman) is a stuffy, self-satisfied member of Boston's upper class, supremely confident of the superiority of his hometown. However, his comfortable, predictable world is overturned when he learns, to his horror, that both his son and his daughter have fallen in love with non-Bostonians. However, he is eventually brought around to see reason.

Cast

• Ronald Colman as George Apley
• Vanessa Brown as Agnes Willing, fiancee of Apley's son
• Richard Haydn as Horatio Willing
• Charles Russell as Howard Boulder, a visiting lecturer who falls in love with Apley's daughter
• Richard Ney as John Apley, George's son
• Percy Waram as Roger Newcombe, George's brother-in-law
• Mildred Natwick as Amelia Newcombe, George's forceful sister
• Edna Best as Catherine Apley, George's wife
• Nydia Westman as Jane Willing
• Peggy Cummins as Eleanor Apley, George's daughter

External links

• The Late George Apley at the TCM Movie Database
• The Late George Apley at the Internet Movie Database
• The Late George Apley (film) at AllRovi