A Summer Place (1959) | |
| Director(s) | Delmer Daves |
| Producer(s) | Delmer Daves |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance |
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A Summer Place (1959) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Delmer Daves and produced by Delmer Daves.
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ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: A Summer Place (1959)
By Carol Martinheira on Jul 13, 2022 From The Old Hollywood GardenONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: A Summer Place (1959) On July 13, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from The Movie Database It’s unbearably hot and I live in London without a beach in sight, or indeed a fan in my house. Fun. BUT summer?s here and the Garden is going... Read full article
A Summer Place (1959)
By Beatrice on Nov 19, 2016 From Flickers in TimeA Summer Place Directed by Delmer Daves Written by Delmer Daves from a novel by Sloane Wilson 1959/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental Helen Jorgenson: You can never be too sure. We can see the eventual inevitable demise of the Hayes Code in this and other Peyton Place style melodrama... Read full article
A Summer Place..and Wow, what a Place!
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 5, 2013 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversHave you ever noticed that the most melodramatic movies take place at the most beautiful locales? I always marvel at how the "Summer Place" characters can have such problems while living in such a paradise. This week's still shot features Richard Egan having a chat with the kiddies ( Troy Don... Read full article
A Summer Place..and Wow, what a Place!
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 5, 2013 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversHave you ever noticed that the most melodramatic movies take place at the most beautiful locales? I always marvel at how the "Summer Place" characters can have such problems while living in such a paradise. This week's still shot features Richard Egan having a chat with the kiddies ( Troy Don... Read full article
A Summer Place..and Wow, what a Place!
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 5, 2013 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversHave you ever noticed that the most melodramatic movies take place at the most beautiful locales? I always marvel at how the "Summer Place" characters can have such problems while living in such a paradise. This week's still shot features Richard Egan having a chat with the kiddies ( Troy Don... Read full article
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Johnny Hunter: You're wrong about mother, dad.
Bart Hunter: Gone to her side, have ya'?
Johnny Hunter: I'm not taking sides. I just want to marry Molly.
Bart Hunter: [pauses, then smirks] Oh, Johnny, stop being a silly sentimentalist. It's stupid! Molly is merely a succulent little wench!
Johnny Hunter: She's not a wench! She's everything I've ever dreamed of in a girl.
Bart Hunter: Oh, don't make me laugh! They're all alike in the dark!
Johnny Hunter: [Taken aback] You can't make her cheap! You can't do it! In spite of your damned supercilious, intelligent mind. And with or without your consent, we're getting married!
Molly Jorgenson: They came just in time, we better cool off.
Johnny Hunter: Why?
Molly Jorgenson: Because I'm afraid...
Johnny Hunter: Of me?
Molly Jorgenson: [shakes head no]
Johnny Hunter: Of yourself?
Molly Jorgenson: Yes. That and some other new feelings that I can't explain.
Johnny Hunter: Are you angry because...
Molly Jorgenson: No. We've gotta be good Johnny.
Johnny Hunter: Good... Is it that easy to be good?
Molly Jorgenson: Are you bad Johnny? Have you been bad with girls?
Bart Hunter: As soon as Molly is found - and I'm sure she will be - I suggest you vacate these rooms as swiftly as possible.
Helen Jorgenson: [incredulously] Don't tell me that you're on their side!
Bart Hunter: Let's merely say that I'm not on yours.
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Max Steiner's main theme for this film is probably his best-known after his "Tara Theme" for "Gone With the Wind." As with "Tara's Theme," it has remained a favorite ever since, with several charting recordings. Percy Faith's version (American Columbia: 1960) went to Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1960, remaining in that position for 9 weeks, becoming both the Number One Instrumental Hit of the Rock Era and the first instrumental to win the Grammy for Record of the Year. Other charting versions were by Billy Vaughn (Dot: 1960, peaking at #2), the Lettermen (Capitol: 1965, using Mack Discant's lyrics and peaking at #16), and the Ventures (Liberty: 1969, at #83). Faith himself re-recorded it, shortly before his death in 1976, in a disco arrangement entitled "Summer Place '76."
The house where Ken (Richard Egan) and Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire) lived toward the end of the film is an actual private residence that was built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. It still stands today on Scenic Road in Carmel-by-the-Sea and is a prime feature in local tours.
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