The Young Philadelphians
1959
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Familiar elements of Williams’ literary realm combine powerfully as Chance battles his private demons in a desperate bid to redeem his wasted life and recapture his lost sweet bird of youth.
R. Paul Newman recreates his Broadway role in the 1962 film version of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth. Newman plays handsome hustler Chance Wayne, who romances fading film star...
Sweet Bird of Youth: Directed by Richard Brooks. With Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley. A drifter and a faded film star, both traumatized by Hollywood, arrive to the guy's hometown, where the old bitter memories revive again.
Sweet Bird of Youth - Original Theatrical Trailer. Drifter Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) returns to his hometown after many years of trying to make it in the movies.
Sex, money, hypocrisy, financial and emotional blackmail are familiar elements in Williams' literary realm and combine powerfully in Sweet Bird of Youth as Chance (Newman) battles his private demons in a desperate bid to redeem his wasted life and recapture his lost sweet bird of youth.
Directed by: Richard Brooks. In his quest to become a movie star, Chance will use anyone, but when he comes home, his good looks may not protect him from those he hurt.
Sweet Bird of Youth is a 1959 play by Tennessee Williams that tells the story of a gigolo and drifter, Chance Wayne, who returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra del Lago (travelling incognito as Princess Kosmonopolis), whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. The main reason for his homecoming is ...
