Review of A Summer Place (1959) by Sherry L — 02 Jun 2009
Wonderful teen-movie with Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue as the love couple Molly and Johnny.
Ken Jorgenson, his wife and their teenage daughter are planning to spend the summer in Pine Island and rent a house from the Hunters´. Ken Jorgenson had before he got wealthy worked for the family Hunter and then had a teenage romance with Sylvian Hunter. But now both Ken and Sylvia are married to others. Ken is married to a cynical woman who gorvern their daughter Molly with an iron fist. And Sylvia is married to a rather grouchy man who doesn´t care about their teenage son Johnny.
Molly and Johnny fall for each other immediately, and so do Molly´s father and Johnny´s mother, in secret of course.
But Molly´s mother doesn´t approve her daughter seeing Johnny and make them part.
But Molly and Johnny meet, dispite what their parents think.
The summer didn´t last forever, so Molly and Johnny have to part after all, and so they do. But then Molly discovers a big problem... she is pregnant.
Very filming is about as beautiful as can be, and the acting is very good. The music by Max Steiner is one of the most beautiful I have ever heard and it adds a lot to the movie, and the loving feeling. Very cute and sweet movie. But not "Gidget-sweet", cause Sandra Dee has grown up a bit now and shows that she can handle some more serious acting. Sandra Dee´s best movie, by all means.
This review of A Summer Place (1959) was written by Sherry L on 02 Jun 2009.
A Summer Place has generally received positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
