Booth Tarkington - Turner Classic Movies

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Penrod and Sam (1937)

Father's Son (1931)

The Millionaire (1931)

The Man Who Found Himself (1925)

Pied Piper Malone (1924)

Pied Piper Malone (1924)

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Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Get A Horse!

Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) The Magnificence

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Penrod and Sam (1937)

Father's Son (1931)

The Millionaire (1931)

The Man Who Found Himself (1925)

Pied Piper Malone (1924)

Pied Piper Malone (1924)

Misc. Crew (TV Mini-Series)

The Magnificent Ambersons (2002)

Source Material (From Novel)

Life Events

Videos

Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Get A Horse! Lucy (Anne Baxter) and local scion George (Tim Holt) on a sleigh ride encounter her father, inventor Eugene (Joseph Cotten) and his merry band in his motor-car in a spectacular sequence from Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942.

Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) The Magnificence Joseph Cotten (as "Eugene") is featured in the unaccustomed role of a fashion model, supporting the director's famous narration at the opening of Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942, from the Booth Tarkington novel.

Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Will Resent It Writer-director Orson Welles enjoying his shot, as spiteful aunt Fanny (Agnes Moorehead) means to congratulate nephew George (Tim Holt) for defending the honor of her sister, his mother, as it becomes clear he was unaware of the rumored offense of which she was accused, in The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942.

Alice Adams (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Most People Bore Me Katharine Hepburn (title character) is about to sign up for business school when dreamy-but-engaged bachelor Arthur (Fred MacMurray) appears, so she confabulates, in George Stevens' Alice Adams, 1935.

Alice Adams (1935) -- (Movie Clip) My Dear Young Men Katharine Hepburn (title character) primping her not-new dress, visiting convalescing father (Fred Stone), sent off to the dance by mother (Ann Shoemaker), escorted by her reluctant brother (Frank Albertson), early in George Stevens' Alice Adams, 1935.

Alice Adams (1935) -- (Movie Clip) All Booked Up Doing badly at the dance, impecunious Alice (Katharine Hepburn) seeks her disappeared escort brother (Frank Albertson), stalls for time, then is rescued by gracious and new-in-town Arthur (Fred MacMurray), in Alice Adams, 1935, from the Booth Tarkington novel.

Alice Adams (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Summer Evenings Arthur (Fred MacMurray) tries to dispell Alice's (Katharine Hepburn) doubts about their future in her small town, over a romantic dinner in director George Stevens' Alice Adams, 1935.

Alice Adams (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Town With A Future Ever-charming character exposition by director George Stevens, Katharine Hepburn (title character) in the opening scene, in Alice Adams, 1935, from Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize winning novel.

Presenting Lily Mars -- (Movie Clip) Look Not So Pale, Macbeth! Visiting his Indiana hometown, Broadway producer John Thornway (Van Heflin) has been lured into the home of ambitious Lily (Judy Garland), who swiped an important script, and subjected to her Lady MacBeth, in Presenting Lily Mars, 1943, from a Booth Tarkington novel.

Penrod And Sam (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Young Hoodlums Introduction of Verman (Phillip Hurlic), abused by bully Rodney (Jackie Morrow), together encountering Penrod (Billy Mauch) and Sam (Harry Watson), then the fathers of two combatants (Frank Craven, Charles Halton), early in Warner Bros.' 1937 version of Booth Tarkington's Penrod And Sam.

Penrod And Sam (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Suspicious Looking Characters Penrod (Billy Mauch) calls his Junior G-Man club meeting to order, Verman (Phillip Hurlic) on lookout, pal Sam (Harry Watson) and friends (Alan Davis, Si Wills, Billy Lechner, Jerry Madden, Billy Wolfstone) in support, in Penrod And Sam, 1937.

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