Natalie Wood
Wilma Dean Loomis
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Summaries. The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship. It's 1928 in oil rich southeast Kansas. High school seniors Bud Stamper and Deanie Loomis are in love with each other.
‘Splendour in the Grass’ by William Wordsworth is a short excerpt from a longer work in which Wordsworth reminds readers that there are sources of happiness in one’s old age. In the poem’s first lines, the poet begins by describing the “radiance” that he, and all human beings, lose as they age.
Bud (Warren Beatty) and his high school sweetheart, Deanie (Natalie Wood), are weighed down by their parents' oppressive expectations, which threaten the future of their relationship.
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Splendor in the Grass was the first work ever written directly for the screen by famed playwright William Inge, whose plays include Bus Stop, Come Back, Little Sheba and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Picnic. The film marked the feature film debut of future megastar Warren Beatty.
Warren Beatty, in an auspicious debut, and Natalie Wood are teens in love, torn apart by family, sexual and peer pressures. 2,033 IMDb 7.7 2 h 3 min 1961. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Romance · Tense · Mysterious. Available to rent or buy.
Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 American period drama film produced and directed by Elia Kazan, from a screenplay written by William Inge. It stars Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty (in his film debut) as two high school sweethearts, navigating feelings of sexual repression, love, and heartbreak.
Mar 18, 2024 · Splendor in the Grass, American film drama, released in 1961, that examines repressed love and the sexual frustrations of a teenage couple. Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty, in his first screen role, play high school lovers Deanie and Bud in a small Kansas town in the 1920s. They struggle to stay.
