George Eastman is the economically disadvantaged nephew of a prominent, wealthy family. He's ambitious and self-conscious about his social status. After a promotion at work, he's invited to his boss's house for a party, where George meets his boss's daughter-- Angela Vickers. She doesn't have George's social concerns, but she seems able to relate to him... Based on, and updated from, George Dreiser's 1925 novel An American Tragedy. which was itself reportedly based on a real-life story from 1906-- the Gilded Age. 18-year old Elizabeth Taylor, already a Hollywood star for several years, was photographed by William C. Mellor. Screenplay by Michael Wilson and Harry Brown, music by Franz Waxman. Directed by George Stevens, 1951.
