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Sister Carrie is a 1900 novel by Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) about a young woman who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream. She first becomes a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, but later becomes a famous actress.
Sister Carrie is an opera by Robert Livingstone Aldridge to a libretto by Herschel Garfein based upon Theodore Dreiser's 1900 novel of the same name about a country girl's pursuit of the American Dream. The opera premiered in Milwaukee by Florentine Opera on October 7, 2016. [1]
Carrie is a 1952 American drama film based on the novel Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser. Directed by William Wyler, the film stars Jennifer Jones in the title role and Laurence Olivier as Hurstwood. Eddie Albert played Charles Drouet.
Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (/ ˈ d r aɪ s ər,-z ər /; [1] August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. [2]
Daniel Nearing (born December 21, 1961) is a Chicago, Illinois-based director, screenwriter, and independent filmmaker. [3] Hogtown, his "period-less" American film, has been called "the most original film made in Chicago about Chicago to date" [4] and named one of the 10 Best Films of 2016 by Ben Kenigsberg, who reviewed the film for The New York Times.
Mary Amelia Ingalls (January 10, 1865 – October 20, 1928) was born near the town of Pepin, Wisconsin.She was the first child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls and older sister of writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her Little House book series.
Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932 – October 14, 2023) was an American actress.She is known for her roles in the films The Hustler (1961), Carrie (1976), and Children of a Lesser God (1986), and the miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983).
Carrie Louise Hamilton (December 5, 1963 – January 20, 2002) was an American actress, playwright and singer. Hamilton was a daughter of comedian Carol Burnett and producer Joe Hamilton . [ 1 ] She was the elder sister of actress Jody Hamilton and singer-producer Erin Hamilton .