With the centennial of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's birth coming up in September, this timely retrospective, written by Professor A. Walton Litz, and hosted by actor Ethan Hawke, will appeal to literary buffs (or Scott and Zelda bio addicts) in both academic and public library settings. Though lacking the production qualities of similar biographical assessments (such as PBS's The American Experience series), this brief intro/overview does do a decent job of tracing the basics of Fitzgerald's life. The product of an aristocratic father and plebeian mother, Fitzgerald would always waiver between being an insider and outsider of upper society (very much like Nick Carroway, the narrator of Fitzgerald's quintessential societal study The Great Gatsby). Combining readings from the author's works, anecdotes about Scott and his mentally unstable wife Zelda from his granddaughter Eleanor Lanahan, and on-location shots of key places in Fitzgerald's life (including his beloved Princeton), One Fine Morning offers an interesting--if somewhat low-budget--introduction to both the man and his work. Recommended for larger literary collections. Aud: J, H, C, P. (R. Pitman)
F. Scott Fitzgerald: One Fine Morning
(1996) 28 min. $49.95. Della Robbia Productions. PPR. Color cover. Vol. 11, Issue 4
F. Scott Fitzgerald: One Fine Morning
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