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Director:
Peter Glenville
Writers:
James Poe (writer)
Meade Roberts (writer)
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Release Date:
April 1962 (Austria) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Jesse Eisenberg
 (From Interview Magazine. 26 October 2009, 11:07 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Geraldine Page - Greatest American Actress of 20th Century more (18 total)

Cast

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Laurence Harvey ... John Buchanan, Jr

Geraldine Page ... Alma Winemiller

Rita Moreno ... Rosa Zacharias
Una Merkel ... Mrs. Winemiller
John McIntire ... Dr. Buchanan
Thomas Gomez ... Papa Zacharias
Pamela Tiffin ... Nellie Ewell

Malcolm Atterbury ... Rev. Winemiller
Lee Patrick ... Mrs. Ewell
Max Showalter ... Roger Doremus (as Casey Adams)
Earl Holliman ... Archie Kramer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The original Broadway play "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams opened Oct. 6, 1948 at the Music Box Theatre and ran for 102 performances. Ray Walston was in the cast in a supporting role. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) more

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Geraldine Page - Greatest American Actress of 20th Century, 24 September 2006
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Author: drnarsty from United States

In my opinion, Geraldine Page was the greatest American Actress in the 20th Century. I believe that had she not spent much of her time on the New York Stage, she would have won several more Oscars, but was considered somewhat a Hollywood outsider.

She should have won for Summer and Smoke, and Sweet Bird of Youth. She carried these movies by her great acting skills and hard work.

All of her movies need to be on DVD. It is particularly surprising to me that Summer and Smoke has not been converted to DVD.

Does anyone know if any of her Stage Plays have been captured on video, and if so, where such videos could be obtained?

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