A Place in the Sun 1951

     George Eastman has been poor all of his life and he hasn’t been able to get very much education.  His family has been doing mission work and street singing all his life.  His wealthy uncle Charles Eastman visits the family and he tells George to look him up if he’s ever in Southern California.  He would be able to give George a job.  George hitchhikes to California and he is able to start out working a job on the assembly line.  He starts seeing Alice Tripp, she also works on the line.  At Charles’s home, George met Angela Vickers and he’s seen her before on a billboard picture.  He meets her again at a party at the Eastman home.  Could it really be possible that George could have a chance to see Angela instead?

      I’ve seen this film before but it is worth watching twice.  It seems that it wouldn't happen that Angela and George would fall in love but they do.  Angela doesn’t care about George’s lack of education and the fact he has been poor all his life.  She just loves him and that is all there is to it.  Everything could be really changing for George but he makes a very BIG mistake.  3 ½* (I liked this movie) 

122 min, Drama directed by George Stevens with Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark, Raymond Burr, Herbert Heyes, Shepperd Strudwich, Frieda Inescort.

Note:  Imdb 7.8 out of 10, 75% critic 85% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 274 reviews.

Special Note:  This film is a remake of another film made in 1931 but titled An American Tragedy.  Six Oscars including Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography were awarded for this film.  The Best Picture award was given to An American in Paris.