“The 1926 film version is supposed to be the best, but there are no known copies of it in existence.”
I have to say I was forced to read the book in school and then taken to the movie, Redford/Farrow, by a lefty boyfriend (back when I hadn’t a clue) and thought it was a total boor.
I did find this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asajgm-ciWA
Gee, that would be when F. Scott Fitzgerald would still be alive, boy, I’d like to see that one.
Did Fitzgerald have any input on it?
Allegedly he and his wife walked out half way through. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t good. I imagine it’s hard to see your work translated onto the big screen, even in the best of versions.