Tea and Sympathy (1956)

Gorgeous? If you like zombies, maybe. Kerr could make a twig look manic.

John Kerr was a pretty boring actor, which might be whty he became a lawyer.

He is in one of the best known episodes of the Alfred Hitchcock Hour called An Unlocked Window. Aka "the nurse killer" episode.

I never found John Kerr attractive. His role should have been played by Anthony Perkins, who took over from him on Broadway (with Joan Fontaine as Kerr's replacement) - Perkins was both hotter and a far better actor. And didn't young Dean Jones have a small part in this?

Would you say that Laura Reynolds prostituted herself?

Here's a photo of Tony and Joan from the play.

OP: How did you see it? I've always wanted to. But it's not on Netflix, Filmstruck or iTunes. And I don't want to pay $17.99 for the DVD.

R6 only $ 3.99 on YouTube to watch

Or R6 you can watch it for here for Free, however the picture is distorted to get around YouTube copyright policy

Now that I have done this can someone answer my question at R4 ? Thanks

R7 and R8 Thanks.

I'm so glad I don't live in the US. I don't know what I'd do without torrent sites.

R11 the links at R7 and R8 are YouTube links which is available worldwide

R12 The image quality in R8's link is too horrible too watch. And R7's link says that the video content can be played in US only. Like I said, I can't imagine my life without the torrents. I watch mostly obscure European movies, which can't be found anywhere other than on some torrent sites.

*to watch

1956. A time was homophobia ruled supreme. Movies simply couldn't handle gay themes - not even with Vincent Minnelli direction.

Tennessee Williams was the only gay person to be able to somehow inject a gay subplot into some of his movies.

[quote]Tennessee Williams was the only gay person to be able to somehow inject a gay subplot into some of his movies.

Which were still edited to remove it.

R16 But still came through fairly clearly in Suddenly Last Summer with cousin Sebastian being a homosexual, and Night Of The Iguana with Grayson Hall playing the Oscar nominated role of Miss Fellows, the repressed lesbian. And certainly a few tidbits scattered throughout A Streetcar Named Desire.

Am I right in thinking that the original play was more open about Tom's homosexuality? It says on wikipedia that the other boys began to target him after he was caught sunbathing with a male professor. In the film, they target him after finding him sewing a shirt for one of the ladies on the beach.

R13 Which torrent sites are safe? I've wanted to use them but everybody warns of malware and viruses.

"He wants to be... A FOLK SINGER!"

They call him "Sister Boy!"

The design of the film is so beautifully done and the restrained tone is so compelling that it would have been so amazing if Minnelli put some real guts into the picture by having a scene of hot passion between Tom and his male roommate. Alas, t'was not to be.

I only remember John Kerr from the screen version of South Pacific; he was good looking and bland. Never saw him in anything else.

[quote]Years from now, when you talk about this—and you will—be kind

Didn't they steal this from Bullets Over Broadway?

R23, did you miss John Kerr's stellar performance in The Pit and the Pendulum? At least, he was a handsome man.

I forgot that John Kerr was in THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM. I wonder if Vincent Price tried to woo him.

I was made during the waning days of the Production Code. A decade later, it would be gone.

Darryl Hickman is hot in this.

Do you read Bill (Leif Erickson) as a closet case?

Can someone send a link to the aforementioned torrent? I have no way of watching Tea and Sympathy (1956) because I am not in America and none of the local streaming sites offer it.

OMG...Perkins was beautiful!

R31, you’re right. As a kid I only saw him in Mahogany in which he was off putting & weird. Each time I see him now I rediscover how beautiful and appealing he once was.

I thought it was ….a little coke and sympathy….