Splendor in the Grass (1961)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 4min
- Drama, Romance
- 1961 (Australia)
- Movie
- Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Natalie Wood | ... |
Wilma Dean Loomis
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Pat Hingle | ... |
Ace Stamper
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Audrey Christie | ... |
Mrs. Loomis
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Barbara Loden | ... |
Ginny Stamper
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Zohra Lampert | ... |
Angelina
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Warren Beatty | ... |
Bud Stamper
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Fred Stewart | ... |
Del Loomis
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Joanna Roos | ... |
Mrs. Stamper
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John McGovern | ... |
Doc Smiley
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Jan Norris | ... |
Juanita Howard
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Martine Bartlett | ... |
Miss Metcalf
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Gary Lockwood | ... |
Allen 'Toots' Tuttle
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Sandy Dennis | ... |
Kay
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Crystal Field | ... |
Hazel
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Marla Adams | ... |
June
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Lynn Loring | ... |
Carolyn
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Phyllis Diller | ... |
Texas Guinan
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Sean Garrison | ... |
Glenn
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Martin Abrahams | ... |
Student (uncredited)
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Jim Antonio | ... |
Oil Field Worker at Party (uncredited)
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Lou Antonio | ... |
Oil Field Worker at Party (uncredited)
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Buster Bailey | ... |
Musician (uncredited)
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Godfrey Cambridge | ... |
Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Carlos Cortés | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Dolores Costello | ... |
Actress in film clip from 'Glorious Betsy' (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Robert Downing | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Andrew Duggan | ... |
Trailer Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Ivor Francis | ... |
Dr. Judd (uncredited)
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Larry Gaynes | ... |
Student in Classroom (uncredited)
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Hoke Howell | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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William Inge | ... |
Reverend Whitman (uncredited)
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Phoebe Mackay | ... |
Stamper's Maid (uncredited)
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Charles Matthews | ... |
Undetermined (uncredited)
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Jennifer Merin | ... |
High School Girl (uncredited)
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Kermit Murdock | ... |
Dean Pollard (uncredited)
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Conrad Nagel | ... |
Actor in film clip from 'Glorious Betsy' (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Charles Robinson | ... |
Johnny Masterson (uncredited)
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Eugene Roche | ... |
Private Detective (uncredited)
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Mark Slade | ... |
Rusty (uncredited)
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Iris Whitney | ... |
Deanie's High School Friend (uncredited)
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Directed by
Elia Kazan |
Written by
William Inge | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
William Inge | ... | associate producer |
Elia Kazan | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Charles H. Maguire | ... | associate producer |
Music by
David Amram | ... | (music composed by) |
Cinematography by
Boris Kaufman | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Gene Milford | ... | film editor |
Production Design by
Richard Sylbert |
Set Decoration by
Gene Callahan |
Costume Design by
Anna Hill Johnstone |
Makeup Department
Willis Hanchett | ... | hairdresser |
Robert Jiras | ... | makeup |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Don Kranze | ... | assistant director |
Ulu Grosbard | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Bill Gold | ... | poster designer (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Edward J. Johnstone | ... | sound (as Edward Johnstone) |
Frank Lewin | ... | sound editor |
Dick Vorisek | ... | sound (as Richard Vorisek) |
James Perdue | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Frank J. Calabria | ... | additional photographer (uncredited) |
Howard Fortune | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
George Newman | ... | wardrobe |
Flo Transfield | ... | wardrobe (as Florence Transfield) |
Joan Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
David Amram | ... | music conducted by |
Script and Continuity Department
Marguerite James | ... | script and continuity |
Additional Crew
George Tapps | ... | choreographer |
Mart Crowley | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1961) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1961) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1961) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Warner-Pathé Distributors (1961) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1962) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1962) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1962) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1962) (France) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1962) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1962) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Mundial Film (1963) (Spain) (theatrical)
- CBS (1967) (United States) (tv)
- Astória Filmes (1968) (Portugal) (theatrical) (re-release) (censored)
- Sampaolo Film (Italy) (theatrical) (reissue)
- France 3 (1976) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC) (1979) (Italy) (theatrical) (reissue)
- Columbia-Warner Filmes de Portugal (1981) (Portugal) (theatrical) (re-release) (integral)
- Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Living Colour Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2009) (United States) (DVD) (Natalie Wood Collection box set)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Antenne 2 (A2) (1980) (France) (tv)
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Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
It's 1928 in oil rich southeast Kansas. High school seniors Bud Stamper and Deanie Loomis are in love with each other. Bud, the popular football captain, and Deanie, the sensitive soul, are "good" kids who have only gone as far as kissing. Unspoken to each other, they expect to get married to each other one day. But both face pressures within the relationship, Bud who has the urges to go farther despite knowing in his heart that if they do that Deanie will end up with a reputation like his own sister, Ginny Stamper, known as the loose, immoral party girl, and Deanie who will do anything to hold onto Bud regardless of the consequences. They also face pressures from their parents who have their own expectation for their offspring. Bud's overbearing father, Ace Stamper, the local oil baron, does not believe Bud can do wrong and expects him to go to Yale after graduation, which does not fit within Bud's own expectations for himself. And the money and image conscious Mrs. Loomis just wants Deanie to get married as soon as possible to Bud so that Deanie will have a prosperous life in a rich family. When Bud makes a unilateral decision under these pressures, it leads to a path which affects both his and Deanie's future. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | A LOVE STORY UNLIKE ANY OTHERS !! See more » |
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Trivia | Right before shooting was set to begin, Pat Hingle suffered devastating injuries when he accidentally fell 54 feet down an elevator shaft in his apartment building. It would take Hingle over a year to fully recover from the accident. In the meantime, however, he decided to go ahead and do the film - he would simply incorporate his limp into the character. "I broke everything," Hingle said later. "I landed upright, so I broke hips and knees and ankles and ribs, and that sort of thing. That lurching walk that Ace Stamper has - that was as good as I could walk." See more » |
Goofs | During the bathtub scene, there is chunk of dry ice providing the "steam". See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Une histoire seule (1989). See more » |
Soundtracks | Auld Lang Syne See more » |
Crazy Credits | There is no end title; the picture simply fades to black. See more » |
Quotes |
Miss Metcalf:
Now, what do you think the poet means by this line ? Deanie Loomis. Wilma Dean: I'm sorry, Miss Metcalf. I... I didn't hear the question. Miss Metcalf: Well, I know it's Spring, Deanie, but I must ask you to pay more attention. I quoted some lines from Wordsworth's Ode on Intimations of Immortality, Deanie. Did you hear them ? Wilma Dean: I'm afraid not Miss Metcalf. Miss Metcalf: Well, then I must ask to turn your text to page 380... Wilma Dean: Yes. Miss Metcalf: You read the lines to me. Stand, please. Wilma Dean: "Though nothing can bring back the hour/Of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower/We will grieve not. Rather find/Strengh in what remains behind..." Miss Metcalf: Now, perhaps you can tell me exactly what the poet means by such expressions as "Splendor in the grass" and "Glory in the Flower". Wilma Dean: Well, I think it have some... Miss Metcalf: Yes ? Wilma Dean: Well, when we're young, we looks at thing very idealistically I guess. And I think Woodsworth means that... that when we're grow-up... then, we have to... forget the ideals of youth... and find strength... Miss Metcalf, may I please be...? See more » |