The movie is so-so, BUT that great theme music!
A Summer Place (1959)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:5
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Winding curves and smashing dead ends make SUMMER PLACE a truly ironic tale of unrequited love and teenage lust. When a business man, Ken Jorgenson (Richard Egan) takes his wife, Helen (Constance... Winding curves and smashing dead ends make SUMMER PLACE a truly ironic tale of unrequited love and teenage lust. When a business man, Ken Jorgenson (Richard Egan) takes his wife, Helen (Constance Ford) and his daughter Molly (Sandra Dee) to an island off the coast of Maine, little does he suspect that he will rekindle the teenage love affair he once had with the now married Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire). Now it seems that events are going to repeat themselves when her son (Troy Donahue) and his daughter meet and fall in love. Subtle at first, SUMMER PLACE unfolds like a easy love story, but the surprise ending makes it difficult to forget. [More]
Starring: Troy Donahue, Sandra Dee, Dorothy McGuire, Richard Egan
Starring: Troy Donahue, Sandra Dee, Dorothy McGuire, Richard Egan, Arthur Kennedy, Constance Ford, Beulah Bondi, Jack Richardson
Director: Delmer Daves
Director: Delmer Daves
Screenwriter: Delmer Daves
Producer: Delmer Daves
Composer: Max Steiner
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Reviews for A Summer Place
Reflecting the sexual angsts and domestic anxieties of the 1950s, Delmer Daves' schmaltzy melodrama is known today for catapulting Troy Donahue and Sandra Dee to stardom and for Max Steiner's melodic tune, which became that year's most popular song.
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