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| Carrie (1952) |
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| Studio: Paramount |
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| Producer: William Wyler |
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| Starring: Laurence
Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert |
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| Synopsis: A sterling
performance by Olivier is the centerpiece of this
drama based on the novel Sister Carrie by Dreiser.
When a farm girl follows her dreams to turn-of-the-century
Chicago, she enters a bleak world of grueling, poorly-paid
factory work. Determined to better her condition,
she attaches herself to a salesman and then to a
married restaurant manager who loses everything
in order to keep her. As she ascends to success
in the footlights, she leaves behind the man who
rescued her. |
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| Academy Awards®:
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| Art Direction |
Hal Pereira
Roland Anderson
Emil Kuri
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| Costume
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| BAFTA: |
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| Best British
Actor |
Laurence
Olivier |
Nominated
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| Venice
FilmFestival: |
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| Golden Lion |
William Wyler |
Nominated |
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