A Summer Place

I thought that A Summer Place (1959) was pretty amazing in all its melodramatic glory.

How melodramatic are we talking? Well, check out the trailer.

"And so, a word of caution.... when you come, be prepared to be SHOCKED! To see and hear things you've never before seen in a motion picture theater!" Sounds great! 

And this all supposedly goes down in my beloved state o' Maine.

The movie stars Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue, Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy and Constance Ford. 

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This is Constance Ford. Her character could definitely make the list of "Most Insufferable Characters in Film EVER." 

As the voice in the trailer warned you, it's all very shocking. 

Somehow I doubt that this scandal would reach the front page. Even in Portland. Even in 1959.

It kills me how many old movies show the passage of time using a clock close-up.

The scandalous lovers eventually ditch the Victorian inn for a Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Gidget

It's one thing for a movie to have unlikable characters or sexist characters or annoying characters - I've enjoyed movies with characters who have been all of those things, but when almost every character is ALL THREE of those things.... well, then you have Gidget (1959).

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Yup. Imagine growing up in a room where this is prominently displayed.

They portray their dislike a little too well for....

.....this to make sense.

Any reference to pinning reminds me of Pleasantville and "You can pin me anytime you want to." I need to rewatch Pleasantville. I love it. Gidget? Not so much.

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