I've been waiting for years for it to come out in physical format. I absolutely love this movie.
Splendor in the Grass is finally out on Blu-Ray
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 12, 2025 5:03 AM |
LOVE the "SLUTTY TRAMPY SISTER"!!
I'm a GOOD GIRL I AM!!
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 2 | July 10, 2025 1:42 PM |
Oh, Will -- look--they left off the "GR-" on your copy."
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 4 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 5 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 6 | July 10, 2025 10:53 PM |
So...much...angst.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 10, 2025 10:56 PM |
Loved Zohra Lampert, shy and beautiful with the chickens in the kitchen.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 10, 2025 11:01 PM |
I like that she looked like a less delicate Natalie, r8.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 10 | July 10, 2025 11:09 PM |
Was Zohra a stage actress? I hope she had a career of some kind.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 11, 2025 10:22 PM |
A very young Sandy Dennis, too.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 11, 2025 10:26 PM |
Martine Bartlett‘s film debut…later Sybil’s maniac momma.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 11, 2025 10:28 PM |
R4, the “picture”? Are you Ann Miller?
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 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.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 11, 2025 11:33 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 Anonymous | reply 17 | July 12, 2025 12:03 AM |
I know that.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 12, 2025 12:31 AM |
Of course. But it’s PHYLLIS DILLER!
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 22 | July 12, 2025 12:40 AM |
She wasn't PHYLLIS DILLER then, r21, she was Phyllis Diller. Like Joan Rivers in The Swimmer.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 12, 2025 12:41 AM |
Written by homo William Inge
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 12, 2025 12:50 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 Anonymous | reply 26 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 27 | July 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.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 12, 2025 1:23 AM |
Texas Guinan = lesbian
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 30 | July 12, 2025 2:33 AM |
Will have to explain to the millennials that it’s not a weed movie
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 12, 2025 2:53 AM |
But Child's Garden of Grass *is* a weed book.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 12, 2025 3:22 AM |
R14 to this day, in entertainment contracts, the proper phrase is always “motion picture.”
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 12, 2025 5:03 AM |