Seen in Theater.
Directed by Douglas Sirk.
With Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, and Agnes Moorehead.
This is a story of a widower accustomed to country club life who fall s in love with the younger and hunky Rock Hudson. Of course all her peers are scandalized and the couple have to try to survive the outcry and scorn heaped upon them.
And this film has a lesson about the morality of individualism. Cary's (Wyman) crowd is quite different from Ron's (Hudson) crowd who happen to be naturists. The debutante crowd scoffs at this other crowd and it is more a story about accepting people's different outlook on life than finding love in a a May?September romance. The naturists are considered outsiders. This being 1955, that was probably the trendy thing for the hip kids, but the message still rings true today. There is much pressure on society for people to fit in, whether they are naturists, beatniks, hippies, punk rockers or communistic. The film criticizes those people (the elite) who look down on people different them. This is still a current theme today.
Here's the trailer;
A particularly good scene, though it might be hard to understand out of context.
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