Picnic (1955) | |
| Director(s) | Joshua Logan |
| Producer(s) | Fred Kohlmar |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Picnic (1955) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Joshua Logan and produced by Fred Kohlmar.
Academy Awards 1955 --- Ceremony Number 28 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actor | Arthur O'Connell | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: William Flannery, Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley | Won |
| Best Director | Joshua Logan | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon | Won |
| Best Music - Scoring | George Duning | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Fred Kohlmar, Producer | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
COMEDY GOLD #18: The picnic from To Catch a Thief (1955)
By Carol Martinheira on Aug 16, 2019 From The Old Hollywood GardenCOMEDY GOLD #18: The picnic from To Catch a Thief (1955) On August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized To Catch a Thief (1955, dir. Alfred Hitchcock) boasts not only two of the most beautiful people who have ever lived as its leads, but also some of the mo... Read full article
Picnic (1956, Joshua Logan)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 4, 2019 From The Stop ButtonPicnic is all about sex. It can never talk about being all about sex because it?s from 1956 and it?s set in small-town Kansas anyway and no one in small-town Kansas was going to be talking about sex. Not when schoolteachers like Rosalind Russell are trying to ban books for even hinting at sex. But i... Read full article
LAYERED MOMENTS FROM PICNIC (1956)
By Terry on May 15, 2018 From Stardust and ShadowsThis sequence from PICNIC (1956) Directed by Joshua Logan has? good use of layers on par? with Tennessee Williams Southern use of men, women and? relationships gone? wrong or? embittered. This sequence has been called one of the “sexiest dances”? in the? movies.? Yes it has the look,? th... Read full article
William Holden’s guide to a Picnic (1955)
By L? on Apr 17, 2018 From Critica RetroWilliam Holden’s guide to a Picnic (1955) A primeira vez em que eu vi William Holden foi em uma propaganda do filme “F?rias de Amor”. Eu me lembro bem de seu peito nu. Mas eu n?o me apaixonei por Holden naquele instante. Demoraria algum tempo at? que eu fosse ver os seus fi... Read full article
Picnic (1955)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 15, 2018 From 4 Star FilmsIt’s easy to assume that Picnic is a film that time had not been very kind to. If you do a cursory glance at contemporary reviews, the majority appear far from glowing and my own reason for returning to this romance was based on a mild interest in a cultural artifact rather than an actual inve... Read full article
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Quotes from
Rosemary Sidney: [Giddily to her schoolteacher friends just prior to eloping] So long, girls! You know what you can tell the principal for me!
Flo Owens: Where is everybody?
Helen Potts: At a picnic everybody disappears. Don't you remember, Flo?
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Having directed William Inge's play two years previously on Broadway, Logan brought some radical cast changes to the production. Only Arthur O'Connell, Reta Shaw, and Elizabeth Wilson recreated their characterizations. Holden was cast as Hal Carter over Ralph Meeker who had played him onstage. His room-mate on Broadway had been played by Paul Newman; Cliff Robertson got the film part. Kim Stanley lost the part of Millie Owens to the much younger Susan Strasberg and Janice Rule lost out on the part of Madge to young contract player Kim Novak. Rosalind Russell actively campaigned for the role of Rosemary Sydney, the role Eileen Heckart had played onstage.
William Holden almost turned down the film because he thought he was too old at 37 to play Hal Carter.
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