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Ada (1961 film)

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Ada
Original film poster
Directed byDaniel Mann
Screenplay byArthur Sheekman
William Driskill
Based onAda Dallas
1959 novel
by Wirt Williams
Produced byLawrence Weingarten
StarringSusan Hayward
Dean Martin
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Ralph Meeker
Martin Balsam
CinematographyJoseph Ruttenberg
Edited byRalph E. Winters
Music byBronislau Kaper
Production
companies
Avon Productions
Chalmar Inc.
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
August 25, 1961 (US)
Running time
109 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.5 million[1]

Ada is a 1961 American political drama film produced by Avon Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Daniel Mann and produced by Lawrence Weingarten, with a screenplay by Arthur Sheekman and William Driskill based on the novel Ada Dallas by Wirt Williams.

The film stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ralph Meeker and Martin Balsam.

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Plot

Bo Gillis is a guitar-playing man from a Southern state who becomes a populist candidate for governor. He is elected after his opponent's wife is revealed to have a dark secret, a fact exposed by Bo's campaign mastermind Sylvester Marin.

Shortly before the election, Bo visits a nightclub, where he meets a prostitute named Ada Dallas. They share a similar upbringing, and Bo feels an immediate bond. They are soon married, which upsets Bo's assistant Steve and Sylvester, who want the marriage annulled.

The Gillises resist and begin life as the state's first couple. Soon the governor finds that he is little more than a stooge, blindly signing documents at Sylvester's behest. His childhood friend Ronnie is dismissed as lieutenant governor for opposing Sylvester. To control Bo, Sylvester requests help from Ada, who demands to be appointed lieutenant governor in return.

Bo is furious with Ada for becoming part of the sordid political scene. After he continues to oppose Sylvester's influence, a bomb explodes in his car, severely injuring him. In the hospital, Bo accuses Ada of conspiring to murder him, and she angrily leaves him.

Ada takes the oath as acting governor but then begins to defy Sylvester, promoting Bo's ideas for honest government. Her former madam tricks her into offering $10,000 to remain quiet about Ada's past.

During a decisive vote at the state capitol, as Bo views from the gallery, Sylvester and his henchman Yancey try to sabotage Ada's plans by revealing her dark secret. Bo delivers an impromptu speech to defend Ava. Sylvester is ruined, and Bo and Ada depart the capitol, reunited.

Cast

Susan Hayward as Ada Gillis

Reception

Box office

According to MGM records, the film lost $2,372,000.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1961 Rentals and Potential". Variety. January 10, 1961. p. 58.
  2. ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

External links

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