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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".
- Tennessee Williams
- 1948
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.
AwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultNominatedNominatedArt Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter H.NominatedNominatedA film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play about a repressed spinster's unrequited love for a dashing young doctor. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more on IMDb.
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- Drama, Romance
- Peter Glenville
- 1962-04-11
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.
Minding her needy mother (Una Merkel), Mississippian Alma (Academy Award-nominated Geraldine Page) finds cause to visit her dashing if reckless neighbor Johnny (Laurence Harvey), a young doctor home for the summer, finally managing an invitation, in Summer And Smoke, 1961.
A plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student who prefers the wilder life, until it's too late. Since childhood, spinster Alma Winemiller has loved handsome young Dr. John Buchanan, Jr..
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...
