Stage Struck

Stage Struck (1958)

Ten thousand girls dream her dream every night.

A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.

Date of release
1958-04-22
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Sidney Lumet

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New York City

Stage Struck is a 1958 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg and Christopher Plummer in his film debut. The screenplay, by Augustus and Ruth Goetz, is based on the stage play Morning Glory by Zoë Akins, which also served as the basis for the 1933 film of the same title starring Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Adolphe Menjou.

Production

Development of Stage Struck began in January 1956 and filming took place in New York starting on January 21, 1957. Around the time filming began, RKO ended domestic distribution and adopted a new film production policy in which it would shop its films to other distributors only after they were finished. Stage Struck was the first film under this policy, and production on it was finished by May 1957.

Walt Disney Productions' subsidiary Buena Vista Film Distribution Co., Inc. was revealed to be the distributor of Stage Struck by late 1957, going against expectations that Universal Pictures was going to distribute it. This arrangement was a reversal of roles—RKO had been a longtime distributor of Disney's films prior to adopting its new film policy.

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