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VHS : A Summer PlaceIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Troy Donahue directed by: Delmer Daves  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301706582 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6301706587 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: January 27, 1993 Running Time: 130 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: November 18, 1959 Sales Rank: 3778 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Think A Summer Place, and you'll probably be humming Max Steiner's wonderfully romantic instrumental theme song, a hand-holding hit in 1959. The movie itself is similarly irresistible, a colorful soap opera about the passions of a pair of dewy-eyed teens and their straying parents. At an island resort in Maine, Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue (the reigning teen idols of the day) fall hard for each other. What they don't know is that her father (Richard Egan) and his mother (Dorothy McGuire), lovers 20 years earlier, have rekindled their affair. Both, inconveniently, have spouses, which is what makes this a soap opera. Lovers of camp will find much to savor in the incredible '50s attitudes, and in the innocence of supervirgin Dee ("Johnny, have you been bad with girls?"). Yet the sincerity of writer-director Delmer Daves, cowriter of An Affair to Remember, comes shining through the corn; and the grown-up affair anticipates The Bridges of Madison County by 30 years. --Robert Horton Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Don't judge by the DVD cover!This film, from my birth year, I knew only as hearsay, as a Monterey/Carmel tourguide. In fact, I even would point out the wrong house on the 17-Mile-Drive as a Warner Brothers' property where it was filmed, and my (mostly older) tourists would cry out, "Oh, wow!" The themesong I had on CD, playing it for that part of the drive between Bird Rock and the gate to Pacific Grove. Yes, for years I have done all this, yet never bothered to look for the film. Finally, now that I am laid ... Read More Rating:  - A Summer PlaceThe item was exactly as discribed and arrived in good condition. I would gladly buy from this seller again...anytime! Rating: - A Summer PlaceAn oldie, but a goodie. A trip down memory lane when life was just as complicated but in many ways far simpler. Sandra Dee was beautiful and did an excellant job as the confused daughter of a loveless marriage. Troy Donahue was eye candy for all the young females fans and held up his part as the lovelorn teen caught between loyalty to family and teenage angst. Arthur Kennedy was superb as the drunken father and played the part to perfection. Richard Egan and and Dorthy McGuire played the reunited ... Read More Rating: - They Don't Make 'Em Like This Anymore!This is an all-time classic starting with the beautiful music and scenery of the opening credits right through to the end. The color and cinematography are outstanding for 1959 and still shine today. The musical score, including the #1 hit, THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE, is romantic and timeless. Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue have always been my favorites, and the rest of the cast is made up of some of Hollywood's best at that time; each part cast and played to perfection. ... Read More Rating: - Classic Sandra Dee and Troy DonahueA classic trip down memory lane with lotsa eye candy thrown in (with the likes of Troy Donahue and Sandra Dee). Lines are at times a little laboured, but the idyllic setting of sand, sea, boats (and a boat house) on an island holiday resort should appeal to the die-hard romantics (viz. the ladies). What was daring for the time was the outright depiction of 2 strained marriages, the myriad variations of steamy love affairs (adolescent lovers who part, mature adults who find that they cannot deny their ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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