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:
William Holden romances Kim Novak in “Picnic”
By Stephen Reginald on Sep 12, 2023 From Classic Movie ManWilliam Holden romances Kim Novak in “Picnic” Picnic (1955) is an American drama film directed by Joshua Logan and starring William Holden, Kim Novak, and Rosalind Russell. The film is based on the Broadway play of the same name by William Inge. The movie features Susan Strasberg, C... Read full article
“Ain’t she sweet?” Kim Novak in Picnic (Joshua Logan, 1955)
By Virginie Pronovost on Feb 27, 2022 From The Wonderful World of CinemaWe sometimes forget that Kim Novak is one of those classic actresses still with us today. I’m not sure why that is, except maybe that she’s not so much in the public eye anymore. Et pourtant… She was pretty much an icon of her time, maybe not like Marilyn Monroe or Grace Kelly were... Read full article
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
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
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Quotes from
Helen Potts: At a picnic everybody disappears. Don't you remember, Flo?
Howard Bevans: [to Rosemary] If a woman's going to ask me to marry her, the least she could do is say "Please."
Hal Carter: I gotta get somewhere in this world. I just gotta.
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Facts about
William Holden almost turned down the film because he thought he was too old at 37 to play Hal Carter.
Filming began in Salina, Kansas, May 16, 1955. Night-time crowds watched along the Smoky Hill River near an old mill dam as William Holden whipped a "borrowed" convertible with Kim Novak in the passenger seat to a stop along the river. Director Logan, a perfectionist, filmed the scene over and over. A number of spectatoring small boys often got in the way of the filming. A production member was designated assistant-in-charge-of-chasing-small-boys-out-of-camera-range. Other scenes filmed were Holden being chased by police around the mill and between railroad box cars. Suddenly, the loud-speaker blared: "There's a small boy underneath the box car! Get him out of there!" When the big Holden/Novak love scene was filmed, most of the crowd had gone home. "Those who stayed said it was a dilly of a romance." Filming wrapped shortly after five in the morning. By week's end, filming moved to Hutchinson.
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