A Summer Place

Director: Delmer Daves

Overview

"Considering the amount of money it made for the studio at the time, A Summer Place has gotten very little respect in the home video market. The laserdisc, as this reviewer recalls, wasn't even letterboxed, and had no extras to speak of. The Warner Home V

Product Details

Release Date:	02/06/2007
UPC:	0085392888726
Original Release:	1959
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	2:10:00
Sales rank:	1,707

Special Features

Theatrical trailer; Subtitles: English (feature film only)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dorothy McGuire	Sylvia
Richard Egan	Ken Jorgenson
Arthur Kennedy	Bart Hunter
Troy Donahue	Johnny Hunter
Sandra Dee	Molly Jorgenson
Constance Ford	Helen Jorgenson
Beulah Bondi	Mrs. Hamilton Hamble
Jack Richardson	Claude Andrews
Martin Eric	Todd Hasper
Peter Constanti	Captain
Junius Matthews	Mr. Hamble
Bonnie Franklin	Young Girl in Dormitory
Gertrude Flynn	Mrs. Carter
Marshall Bradford	Dr. Matthias
Phil Chambers	Sheriff
Robert Griffin	Englehardt
Arthur Space	Ken's Attorney
George Taylor	Bart's Attorney
Susan Odin	Actor
Roberta Shore	Anne Talbert
Ann Doran	Mrs. Talbert
Dale J. Nicholson	Minister
Lewis Martin	Doctor
Helen Wallace	Wife
Everett Glass	Dean
Eleanor Audley	Mrs. Harrington
Richard Deacon	Pawnbroker
Howard Hoffman	Alvin Frost

Technical Credits

Delmer Daves

Delmer Daves

Screenwriter,Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Summer Place
1. Credits [1:43]
2. Hard Times on Pine Island [4:25]
3. The Jorgensens at Sea [5:17]
4. Exquisite, Separate Rooms [5:04]
5. Dishing at Dinner [3:01]
6. Molly and Johnny [3:30]
7. Must You? [2:12]
8. Parental Advice [5:10]
9. Half-Lives [7:07]
10. Mrs. Hamble Intervenes [3:17]
11. Boathouse Liaison [4:01]
12. Divorce Scheme [3:49]
13. Capsized and Swept Ashore [4:13]
14. Molly and the Doctor [3:06]
15. Don't You Hurt Her [3:35]
16. Infinite Capacity for Hurt [4:05]
17. Simple Divorce [5:34]
18. Separate Schools [5:51]
19. Merry Christmas, Mama [4:38]
20. Enough of Hating [4:10]
21. Frank Lloyd Wright Home [5:34]
22. Alone Together on the Beach [7:19]
23. Dinner and No Movie [2:20]
24. From King Kong to Kissing [3:40]
25. Learned Love [4:34]
26. Pregnancy Confirmed [4:10]
27. Money for Her Milk [2:44]
28. Bottomed-Out Bart [3:46]
29. The Word That Counts [5:54]
30. Young Unmarrieds [3:31]
31. Love on Your Side [2:26]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Summer Place
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Scene Selections
Theatrical Trailer
Languages
Spoken Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Subtitles: Off

Editorial Reviews

Although critically savaged, this 1959 adaptation of a bestselling novel by Sloan Wilson hit a receptive chord with mass audiences, making it a touchstone film of the decade. A cinematic soap opera populated by familiar '50s players, A Summer Place centers on vacationing millionaire Ken (Richard Egan) and his wife, Helen (Constance Ford), who bring teenage daughter Molly (Sandra Dee) to a small island off the coast of Maine. There, some 20 years before, Dad had embarked on a torrid affair with sensitive Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire), who has since married impoverished landowner Bart (Arthur Kennedy). Old passions reignite, one thing leads to another, and divorces ensue. But the real problem is the budding romance between Dee and Sylvia’s son, Johnny, played by Troy Donahue. Their relationship lies at the heart of this twisted tale, which has all the corny complications one expects from such glossy tear-jerkers. Guilty pleasures abound: Dee and Donahue make a beautiful couple, McGuire is appropriately sorrowful as the long-suffering mother, and there’s always that haunting theme song by Max Steiner, still a ubiquitous presence on oldies collections.