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Splendor in the Grass is finally out on Blu-Ray

I've been waiting for years for it to come out in physical format. I absolutely love this movie.

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by Anonymousreply 33July 12, 2025 5:03 AM

LOVE the "SLUTTY TRAMPY SISTER"!!

I'm a GOOD GIRL I AM!!

by Anonymousreply 1July 10, 2025 1:39 PM

The French loved it, a lot of American critics thought it was over-heated and over the top. Young people loved it, and was part of the early ‘60s trend in movies to normaize pre-marital sex.

It used to be on TV all the time and I grew up loving it. One of Natalie Wood’s two finest performances (the other is “Love With the Proper Stranger”). Barbara Loden’s performance is genuinely harrowing.

Filmed entirely in New York, mostly Staten Island (standing in for rural Kansas) and Westchester.

by Anonymousreply 2July 10, 2025 1:42 PM

Oh, Will -- look--they left off the "GR-" on your copy."

by Anonymousreply 3July 10, 2025 6:52 PM

Worth a watch, if only for Barbara Loden (who walks away with the picture, and reminds us how limited Natalie Wood was as an actor).

by Anonymousreply 4July 10, 2025 7:03 PM

OP, it's been out for years in DVD form.

As R2 said, it was on tv a lot when I was growing up. Most likely The 4:30 Movie (ABC NY) which preceded the talk shows that eventually took over its timeslot. I thought the film was a tad racy and truth be told, every scene Pat Hingle was in, I spent trying to see if they would show his hand with the amputated pinkie.

by Anonymousreply 5July 10, 2025 7:22 PM

The only thing I’ve ever seen Barbara Loren in is “Wanda” which she also directed. It’s pretty good. I’d like to see her in this, a more Hollywood-style role, to compare and contrast.

by Anonymousreply 6July 10, 2025 10:53 PM

So...much...angst.

by Anonymousreply 7July 10, 2025 10:56 PM

Loved Zohra Lampert, shy and beautiful with the chickens in the kitchen.

by Anonymousreply 8July 10, 2025 11:01 PM

I like that she looked like a less delicate Natalie, r8.

by Anonymousreply 9July 10, 2025 11:03 PM

The kids in the film seem like they're from the 50s and the 60s Though set in 1928 all the kids seem to have cars. How many people even had cars back then?

by Anonymousreply 10July 10, 2025 11:09 PM

Was Zohra a stage actress? I hope she had a career of some kind.

by Anonymousreply 11July 11, 2025 10:22 PM

A very young Sandy Dennis, too.

by Anonymousreply 12July 11, 2025 10:26 PM

Martine Bartlett‘s film debut…later Sybil’s maniac momma.

by Anonymousreply 13July 11, 2025 10:28 PM

R4, the “picture”? Are you Ann Miller?

by Anonymousreply 14July 11, 2025 11:15 PM

[quote]Was Zohra a stage actress? I hope she had a career of some kind.

r11...

[quote]Solemn-looking Middle Eastern-looking Zohra Lampert, with the prominent cheek bones and soothing voicer, had a touching, understated quality to her talent that should have gone further in the film business than it did. Somehow she never got the breaks necessary for top-flight stardom. Still and all, this comely actress with soft, vulnerable features managed to contribute a number of genuinely affecting performances, particularly on TV.

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by Anonymousreply 15July 11, 2025 11:33 PM

She's 88.

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by Anonymousreply 16July 11, 2025 11:34 PM

It’s one if my top 10! It is over the top — but so is first love. It’s quite moving.

It’s only flaw: the weird cameo by Phyllis Diller!

by Anonymousreply 17July 12, 2025 12:03 AM

She was playing Texas Guinan, r17.

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by Anonymousreply 18July 12, 2025 12:21 AM

I know that.

by Anonymousreply 19July 12, 2025 12:31 AM

She's just adding some period color, r19.

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by Anonymousreply 20July 12, 2025 12:36 AM

Of course. But it’s PHYLLIS DILLER!

by Anonymousreply 21July 12, 2025 12:39 AM

Natalie was truly gorgeous in this film and it's probably her best performance. And watching the scene where she tries to drown herself is pretty harrowing now.

by Anonymousreply 22July 12, 2025 12:40 AM

She wasn't PHYLLIS DILLER then, r21, she was Phyllis Diller. Like Joan Rivers in The Swimmer.

by Anonymousreply 23July 12, 2025 12:41 AM

Written by homo William Inge

by Anonymousreply 24July 12, 2025 12:50 AM

[quote]Was Zohra a stage actress?

IBDb

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by Anonymousreply 25July 12, 2025 12:59 AM

This film was always ruined for me by its terrible lack of authentic period costuming and hairdressing. The 1920s, for some reason, has always been a historical period particularly resistant to truth in Hollywood film making but the issue is at its worst here.

It really wasn't until the early 1970s when 1920s styles were well captured and represented and that was in two British films, Women In Love and The Boyfriend, both directed by Ken Russell and both designed by his wife Shirley Russell.

by Anonymousreply 26July 12, 2025 1:08 AM

Barbara Loden was originally in "The Swimmer" too, but Frank Perry and Burt Lancaster weren't happy with her performance. The producer Sam Spiegel fired Perry and hired Sydney Pollack to reshoot many scenes, including Loden's in which Janice Rule now played the role. Spiegel still wasn't happy with the film and removed his own name from the final credits.

by Anonymousreply 27July 12, 2025 1:19 AM

[quote]This film was always ruined for me by its terrible lack of authentic period costuming and hairdressing.

The costumes aren't too off, but the hair and make-up ruin the period effect.

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by Anonymousreply 28July 12, 2025 1:23 AM

Texas Guinan = lesbian

by Anonymousreply 29July 12, 2025 1:40 AM

I tried to get into this movie ,I loved Natalie in This Property Condemned . But all I could think is why is this bitch screaming all the time.??? Jesus,finger bang yourself if you dont want the dick !

by Anonymousreply 30July 12, 2025 2:33 AM

Will have to explain to the millennials that it’s not a weed movie

by Anonymousreply 31July 12, 2025 2:53 AM

But Child's Garden of Grass *is* a weed book.

by Anonymousreply 32July 12, 2025 3:22 AM

R14 to this day, in entertainment contracts, the proper phrase is always “motion picture.”

by Anonymousreply 33July 12, 2025 5:03 AM
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