The Great Gatsby (1949) DVD Alan Ladd and Betty Field
The Great Gatsby 1949 DVD (Region 1 - Playable in North America - The US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Digitally Remastered. Excellent picture and sound, best quality anywhere. Black & White. Starring: Alan Ladd, Betty Field, MacDonald Carey, Shelley Winters, Barry Sullivan, Howard Da Silva, Henry Hull, Ed Begley, Elisha Cook Jr., Ray Walker . Written by Owen Davis and Cyril Hume, based upon the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Directed by Elliott Nugent. West Egg, Long Island, New York. 1922. Nick Carraway has returned from World War One and rented a small cottage on the bay. Next door is the mansion of the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a millionaire who invites the old rich and the new to grand parties held on his palatial estate. Though, seldom seen at these revels, Gatsby seems to be looking for the arrival of a guest he hopes will appear through his open invitations. Nick meets Gatsby and soon learns that this wealthy stranger is fresh to the area himself, and the object of his obsession is Da