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Morning Glory

1933·Drama·1h 14m
7.0
★
Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?
Directed by Lowell Sherman
mentor
diva
seduction
ambition
unrequited love
theatrical producer
playwright
tutor
broadway
critic
pre-code
drunkenness
broadway star
philanderer
broadway producer
stage actress
stage struck
wardrobe mistress
afterparty
egocentric artists
opening night
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Cast

Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Eva Lovelace
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Joseph Sheridan
Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou
Louis Easton
Mary Duncan
Mary Duncan
Rita Vernon
C. Aubrey Smith
C. Aubrey Smith
Hedges
Don Alvarado
Don Alvarado
Pepi
Fred Santley
Fred Santley
Seymour
Richard Carle
Richard Carle
Henry Lawrence
Tyler Brooke
Tyler Brooke
Charles Van Duesen
Geneva Mitchell
Geneva Mitchell
Miss Hall
Helen Ware
Helen Ware
Miss Navarre
Robert Adair
Robert Adair
Roberts, the Butler (uncredited)

Crew

Lowell Sherman
Lowell Sherman
Director
Howard J. Green
Howard J. Green
Screenplay
Max Steiner
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Bert Glennon
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Merian C. Cooper
Merian C. Cooper
Executive Producer
Pandro S. Berman
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
Settings
Zoë Akins
Zoë Akins
Theatre Play
Walter Plunkett
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design

Popular Reviews

21 reviews
Zig
Zig
4.0★ · 10/25/24
Morning Glory
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Honestly the only thing that makes this an Oscar worthy performance for Katharine Hepburn is when she gets drunk and starts reciting Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet soliloquies.
Mid
Honestly the only thing that makes this an Oscar worthy performance for Katharine Hepburn is when she gets drunk and starts reciting Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet soliloquies.
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bailz
bailzPRO
6.0★ · 07/13/26
Morning Glory
Katharine Hepburn is good in this! However nothing fucking happened, we spent what felt like half the film at the same party, and I'm unsure what happened in that part, just a mediocre film I'm afraid
Katharine Hepburn is good in this! However nothing fucking happened, we spent what felt like half the film at the same party, and I'm unsure what happened in that part, just a mediocre film I'm afraid
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Erik Olsson
Erik Olsson
6.0★ · 02/23/26
Morning Glory
This is only really as good as it is because of Katharine Hepburn just being utterly marvelous, but otherwise the story is fine but awkwardly paced for such a short film. Better to just watch Stage Door, but you do get Katharine Hepburn drunkenly reciting Shakespeare, so there's that.
This is only really as good as it is because of Katharine Hepburn just being utterly marvelous, but otherwise the story is fine but awkwardly paced for such a short film. Better to just watch Stage Door, but you do get Katharine Hepburn drunkenly reciting Shakespeare, so there's that.
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hungerstone
hungerstone
6.0★ · 01/18/26
Morning Glory
yes kate, you're gonna be a star
yes kate, you're gonna be a star
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Tamera
Tamera
3.7★ · 03/17/25
Morning Glory
I only watched for Hepburn 😭
I only watched for Hepburn 😭
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