An American Tragedy | Related Titles/Adaptations
An American Tragedy was adapted into a motion picture called A Place in the Sun (1951), which, like Dreiser's book, was based on the Chester Gillette 1906 murder case. The movie stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters, and it presents the story of a poor boy who chases after riches, falls in love with a wealthy society girl, and contemplates killing his lower-class girlfriend in order to have the life he desires.
The Gillette murder trial was highly controversial because Gillette was sentenced to die based on circumstantial evidence. Legends...
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