Since 1926, the year following the novel's publication, Hollywood has struggled to portray
Gatsby on screen. In the first
silent version Warner Baxter played Gatsby, with Lois Wilson as Daisy and Neil Hamilton as Nick. In
1949 it was Allan Ladd as Gatsby, Betty Field as Daisy and Macconald Carey as Nick. A Playhouse 90
episode in 1958 cast Robert Ryan as Gatsby, Jeanne Craine as Daisy and Rod Taylor as Nick. Robert Redford starred as Gatsby in the
1974 production with Mia Farrow as Daisy and Sam Waterston as Nick. The Learning Channel featured
Gatsby in a Great Books Episode in 1999 and A&E also brought Gatsby to
television in 2000 with Toby Stephens in the Gatsby role, Mira Sorvino as Daisy, Paul Rudd as Nick A hip-hop rendition called
"G" was produced in 2002 with Richard T. Jones playing the main character, G, and Chenoa Maxwell as Sky Hightower, the film's Daisy. Now, in
2013 we have Baz Luhrmann's 3-D extravaganza with Leonardo DeCaprio as Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy, Tobey McGuire as Nick.
The Week examines several of these productions and includes brief clips and trailers.
Cornell University
provides additional resources and reviews on the films and other Gatsby productions.
Hamden Journal's Frank Esposito III
reviews the 2013 film.
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