Splendor in the Grass
DVD cover for Splendor in the Grass
Directed by	Elia Kazan
Produced by	Elia Kazan
Written by	William Inge
Starring	Natalie Wood Warren Beatty Pat Hingle Audrey Christie Barbara Loden Zohra Lampert
Music by	David Amram
Cinematography	Boris Kaufman
Released	October 10, 1961
Running time	124 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

Splendor in the Grass, an American movie from 1961, tells a story of sexual repression. Written by William Inge, who appears briefly as a Christian minister, the film was directed by Elia Kazan. Image File history File links PicnicDVD.jpg Summary http://images. ... Elia Kazan, (Greek Ελία Καζάν), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and Theatre director and producer. ... Elia Kazan, (Greek Ελία Καζάν), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and Theatre director and producer. ... William Inge, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 William Motter Inge (May 3, 1913-June 10, 1973) was an American author and playwright, whose works feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. ... Natalie Wood (born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko) (July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981), was an American film actress. ... Warren Beatty Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30, 1937), now known as Warren Beatty, is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Actor Pat Hingle (born July 19, 1924) has a long list of television and movie credits to his name, going back to 1948. ... Zohra Lampert in a still from Lets Scare Jessica to Death Zohra Lampert (born May 13, 1937) is an American character actress, perhaps best remembered for her role in the 1971 cult horror film Lets Scare Jessica to Death. ... David Amram (born November 17, 1930 in Philadelphia) is an American composer, musician and writer. ... Boris Kaufman (Russian: ; August 24, 1897-June 24, 1980) was an Oscar-winning (1954) cinematographer. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Look up Sex on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A sex is one of two specimen categories of species that recombine their genetic material in order to reproduce, a process called genetic recombination. ... William Inge, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 William Motter Inge (May 3, 1913-June 10, 1973) was an American author and playwright, whose works feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. ... Elia Kazan, (Greek Ελία Καζάν), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and Theatre director and producer. ...

Plot

Deanie Loomis (played by Natalie Wood), a teenage girl living in a small town in Kansas in 1928, follows her mother's advice to resist her desire for sex with her boyfriend, Bud Stamper (Warren Beatty), the scion of the most prosperous family in town. In his turn, Bud reluctantly follows the advice of his father (Pat Hingle), who suggests that he find another kind of girl with whom to exercise his sexual desires. Natalie Wood (born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko) (July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981), was an American film actress. ... Official language(s) None Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 15th 82,277 mi²; 213,096 km² 211 mi; 340 km 400 mi; 645 km 0. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Coition of a Hemisected Man and Woman (c. ... Warren Beatty Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30, 1937), now known as Warren Beatty, is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Actor Pat Hingle (born July 19, 1924) has a long list of television and movie credits to his name, going back to 1948. ...

Bud's parents are disappointed by, and ashamed of, his older sister who is sexually promiscuous, smokes, drinks, and has had an abortion—, and accordingly 'pin all their hopes' on Bud.

As the story progresses, Deanie is driven close to madness and institutionalized. Bud's family loses their fortune in the Great Depression, which leads to the father's suicide; and Bud takes up farming, which he had postponed because of his father's aspirations for him. Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on Florence Owens Thompson, a mother of seven children, age 32, in Nipomo, California, March 1936. ...

In the final scene, Deanie, home from the sanitorium after two and a half years, goes to meet Bud. He is now married to the daughter of Italian immigrants; he and his wife, whom he met while complying with his father's desire that he attend Yale University, have an infant child. After their brief reunion, Deanie and Bud see that they must continue their lives separately. Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ...

Detail

The different mindsets motivating Deanie's mother, who is relatively poor, and Bud's father, who has made a great deal of money in the oil industry, to hold back their children's sexuality are evident in two adjacent scenes early in the story.

In the first, Deanie's mother encourages her not to give up her virginity to Bud, telling her "Boys don't respect a girl they can go all the way with; boys want a nice girl for a wife". Having bid her daughter a good night, Mrs. Loomis then talks with her husband, enthusiastically informing him that their daughter and the son of the richest family in town are in love and that Bud would "be the catch of a lifetime".

In the next scene, Bud's father encourages him to abstain from sex with Deanie, because, if the two of them were to conceive a child, they would have to marry.

Deanie's mother believes that sex would ruin her daughter's chances of marrying Bud. Bud's father believes that sex, especially pregnancy, would force his son to marry Deanie. One parent wishes for such a marriage, while the other seems to warn against it.

Deanie's mother is also of the belief that a woman does not enjoy sexual encounters and enjures them only as a means to please her husband and procreate. This belief causes Deanie to doubt herself, as she becomes more and more attracted to Bud. It is this doubt in herself that leads her to struggle against the constraints of being a "nice girl" and eventually sends her to madness.

Other facts

Inge won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay—Written Directly for the Screen, and Natalie Wood was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Academy Awards The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

Scenes of Kansas and the Loomises' home were actually shot in the Travis section of Staten Island, New York City. Staten Island lies to the southwest of the rest of New York City. ... Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ...

Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood were to be paired also for the film adaption of West Side Story, which was released eight days after Splendor. Contenders other than Beatty for West Side's Tony role included Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, and Anthony Perkins; but Richard Beymer won the part. The original poster for the motion picture. ... Elvis redirects here. ... Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was born Walden Robert Cassotto and was one of the most popular rock and roll American teen idols of the late 1950s. ... Anthony Perkins Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932–September 12, 1992) was an American actor best known for his role as the serial killer Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho. ... Richard Beymer-1961 Richard Beymer (born February 20, 1938, in Avoca, Iowa) is an American actor. ...

The film's title is taken from a line of William Wordsworth's poem "Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood": William Wordsworth, English poet William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ...

Though nothing can bring back the hour,

Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;

We will grieve not, rather find,

Strength in what remains behind...

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