Rich and Famous is a 1981 American drama film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Gerald Ayres is based on the 1941 play Old Acquaintance by John Van Druten, which was filmed with Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins in 1943 under its original title. Two women find their friendship is tested when one rises from obscurity to success while the other stagnates in a stalled career. Liz Hamilton, a young woman with literary ambitions, and Merry Noel Blake, an all-American blond beauty from Atlanta, are close friends who met while they were freshmen at Smith College in the 1950s. Soon after... graduation, Liz writes a critically acclaimed book and drifts into unfulfilling relationships and one-night stands, including an empty encounter in an airplane lavatory, a fling with a teenaged hustler and an affair with Chris Adams, a young reporter for Rolling Stone. Meanwhile, Merry fulfills her aspiration to a life of domesticity caring for a husband and child by marrying Doug Blake and moving to a beach house in Malibu. Although Merry is happy, she can't help but envy Liz for her glamorous career as an author.
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| Release date: | September 23, 1981 |
| Directed by: | George Cukor |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 117 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jacqueline Bisset, William Allyn |
| Editor: | John F. Burnett |
| Music by: | Georges Delerue |
| Cinematography: | Donald Peterman |
| Screenplay by: | Gerald Ayres |
| Adapted from: | Old Acquaintance |