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Summer and Smoke. (publ. New Directions) Summer and Smoke is a two-part, thirteen-scene play by Tennessee Williams, completed in 1948. He began working on the play in 1945 as Chart of Anatomy, derived from his short stories "Oriflamme" and the then-work-in-progress "Yellow Bird". [1] The phrase "summer and smoke" probably comes from the Hart ...
- Tennessee Williams
- 1948
A drama and romance set in Mississippi in 1916, where a minister's daughter and a wild neighbor boy are drawn to each other. Learn about the plot, characters, themes, and context of this classic play by StageAgent.
Summer and Smoke is a 1961 American drama film directed by Peter Glenville, and starring Laurence Harvey and Geraldine Page, with Rita Moreno, Una Merkel, John McIntire, Thomas Gomez, Pamela Tiffin, Malcolm Atterbury, Lee Patrick, and Earl Holliman. Based on the Tennessee Williams play of the same name, it was adapted by James Poe and Meade ...
AwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultNominatedNominatedArt Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter H.NominatedNominatedSummer and Smoke: Directed by Peter Glenville. With Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, Rita Moreno, Una Merkel. A plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student who prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.
- (2.1K)
- Drama, Romance
- Peter Glenville
- 1962-04-11
Set against a steamy southern backdrop and the sweeping grandeur of Elmer Bernstein's Oscar.-nominated score, Summer and Smoke crackles with first-rate performances and the stirring power of Tennessee William's words. From the towering genius of Tennessee Williams comes a story of passions lost and found.
- English [Stereo]
- Hal B. Wallis
- Peter Glenville
- 118 minutes
From the towering genius of Tennessee Williams comes a story of passions lost and found. Academy Award. winner Geraldine Page stars as the spinster Alma. Lau...
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Summer And Smoke (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Come Watch The Birdie Motivated partly by guilt for standing her up days earlier, fun-loving Mississippi doctor Johnny (Laurence Harvey) brings his neighbor, patient and life-long admirer Alma (Geraldine Page) to the casino (run by Thomas Gomez), where his paramour Rosa (Rita Moreno) dances, in Summer And Smoke, 1961, from the Tennessee Williams play.
