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A Place In The Sun

Great Britain · Arts / Cinema. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1949–1951Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1949

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor1949

Arts / Cinema

Taylor begins filming George Stevens A Place In The Sun. Before Conspirators 1949 release, a Time cover article called her "a jewel of great price, a true star sapphire", and the leader among Hollywoods next generation of stars

1951

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor1951

Arts / Cinema

A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American drama film based on the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the play, also titled An American Tragedy, which was adapted by Patrick Kearney from the novel. A Place in the Sun, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson, and stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, and Raymond Burr

Names involved

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor

Provenance

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