The Actress

A charming film. i don't know who's cuter--Jean Simmons or Spencer Tracy. (Teresa Wright is pretty cute too.)

Viewed April 6, 2021. The autobiographical script by Ruth Gordon really shines in its specifics. George Cukor stages most scenes in unbroken wide shots, which adds a nice lived-in feeling. But it's hard to get over Simmons' performance, which tips into jarring, shrill adult-acting-like-children tics often enough to shatter Cukor's particular brand of realism.

Not wild about the movie but Tracy was outstanding! His monologues were really impressive.

One or two good scenes. Mostly dull in a sugar-frosted sort of way

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Ruth Gordon adapted her autobiographical play Years Ago, which dealt with a young girl in New England determined to make her way in the theatre, and it was turned into a pleasantly modest though disappointing picture by the director, George Cukor. Jean Simmons plays the title role with grace, but the author has neglected to provide indications of talent and drive in the character; this girl seems too nice, too ordinary-she could never grow up to be that tough, indefatigable trouper Ruth Gordon.