On 10/1/2015 3:26 PM, SLGreg wrote:
Joshua Logan's faithful 1955 screen adaptation of William Inge's
Pulitzer Prize-winning play about small-town America features a
stellar performance by William Holden as Hal Carter, a drifter who
comes to a small Kansas hamlet just as the community is preparing to celebrate Labor Day.
I've always liked "Picnic". Not because it is a cinematic masterpiece
(far from it) but I like the small town Midwestern setting and Kim Novak
was absolutely drop dead gorgeous.
Plus the slow dance sequence is terrific.
The supporting actors did a great job too, esp. Ros Russel and Arthur O'Connell.
Great cinematography and, of course, that song.
On 10/1/2015 3:26 PM, SLGreg wrote:
Joshua Logan's faithful 1955 screen adaptation of William Inge's
Pulitzer Prize-winning play about small-town America features a
stellar performance by William Holden as Hal Carter, a drifter who
comes to a small Kansas hamlet just as the community is preparing to celebrate Labor Day.
I've always liked "Picnic". Not because it is a cinematic masterpiece
(far from it) but I like the small town Midwestern setting and Kim Novak
was absolutely drop dead gorgeous.
Plus the slow dance sequence is terrific.
The supporting actors did a great job too, esp. Ros Russel and Arthur O'Connell.
Great cinematography and, of course, that song.
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