Archive: Park Nights: Pavilion Film Night programmed by Richard Prince
A Place in the Sun
Friday 5 September
A Place in the Sun 1951, 122 mins
Directed by George Stevens
An adaptation of the Theodore Dreiser novel. An American Tragedy whose anti-hero is the young up-and-comer George Eastman. While paying his dues at his uncle’s family business, Eastman becomes involved in a disastrous love triangle. George Stevens received numerous Academy Award nominations for both directing and producing A Place in the Sun. Accompanied by a series of short films.
