A Summer Place

Sloan Wilson's best-seller was the kind of novel people read on the beach and was described at the time as 'steamy'. In 1959, this film version by Delmer Daves would have been considered 'daring' or even 'salacious' since it deals,... Full review

Wow, Sandra Dee made two big soap opera connections in 1959, starring opposite of two of Hollywood's biggest female stars, Lana Turner in "Imitation of Life" and then "A Summer Place" with Dorothy McGuire. Pure soap on a rope in... Full review

I have always loved this film, but was sure that it wouldn't quite register with modern day teens in the same way because there is such a different attitude now towards sex and relationships. I was teaching a course in... Full review

Although it's dated, naive, and more than occasionally melodramatic, this film is still a classic with a message that has a certain timelessness to it. It also boasts gorgeous cinematography, and excellent performances from Richard Egan, Constance Ford, and especially... Full review

I think this was my first "favorite" movie and when it came out on video I bought it right away. I still watch it ... it's a little said that most of the main characters have passed away now. When... Full review

DVD please? I saw this movie when it aired on A&E, and it captivated me as a child, and still does as an adult. The theme song is great, and I still find myself listening to it!!! I became a... Full review

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** Sometimes you just can't help yourself. Every once in awhile heady art-house pieces or complex psychological thrillers just won't satisfy the ol' entertainment palate. At those times, I cave in to my craving for sweet, adulterated romantic tripe,... Full review

Gorgeous-looking soap opera, with Sandra Dee swaying, swooning and suffering her way through role as young woman determined to do the deed with stodgy, windbreaker-wearing Troy Donahue. Their parents disapprove of course, that is until her father and his mother... Full review

This is one of the first films to deal with young love, and is by all means one of the best! The story centers primarily on Molly and Johnny, two teenagers who are deeply, madly, and wildly in love, but... Full review

I consider A Summer Place one of the best movies ever. The acting was good by everyone. Troy Donahue, Dorothy McGuire, Richard Egan, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Constance Ford. I have seen the movie about 15 times, originally in the... Full review

Simply beautiful transfer of a simply beautiful movie. I can only imagine what hormonally charged teenagers must have thought about A SUMMER PLACE when it was released in 1959. And you have the ever-beautiful Sandra Dee at her finest. ... Full Review

But mostly, A Summer Place uses its story of young lovers sexual awakenings as the basis for a didactic social problem film: the effect of two sets of parents divorces on their offspring-turned-lovers (Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue). At times it achieves unintentional camp hilarity, as when an inflamed Richard Egan prattles off a list of loveless wife Constance Fords myriad of ethnic prejudices. ... Full Review

His script for A Summer Place is obvious, awkward and wholly artless, and propped up with sensitive psychological lectures for the audience. Director Daves drenches A Summer Place in pretty scenery, handsome crane shots and beautiful close-ups. ... Full Review

The Jorgensons are a wealthy family spending the summer on a resort island. Ken (Richard Egan), Helen (Constance Ford) and daughter Molly (Sandra Dee) settle in to a beach house on the island where Ken was a young lifeguard twenty... ... Full Article