Summary
Attractive, wealthy, middle-aged widow Cary Scott falls for her gardener, who is fifteen years younger than she is, and becomes the target of small-minded gossips and her disapproving family.
Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection. |
| Subjects |
Lee, Edna,
-- 1890-1963
-- Film adaptations.
Lee, Harry, -- 1914-1985 -- Film adaptations. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. May-December romances -- Drama. Widows -- Drama. Young men -- Drama. Rich people -- New England -- Drama. Social classes -- New England -- Drama. Gardeners -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Romance films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [Irvington, New York?] :The Criterion Collection,2019 |
| Edition | Blu-ray, Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | All that heaven allows. |
| Contributors |
Sirk, Douglas,
1897-1987, film director. Hunter, Ross, film producer. Fenwick, Peg, screenwriter. Wyman, Jane, 1917-2007, actor. Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985, actor. Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974, actor. Nagel, Conrad, 1897-1970, actor. Grey, Virginia, 1917-2004, actor. Skinner, Frank, 1897-1968, composer. Lee, Edna, 1890-1963. All that heaven allows. Lee, Harry, 1914-1985, contributor. Universal Pictures Company, production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey. |
| Other Contributors |
Cinematography, Russell Metty ; editing, Frank Gross ; music, Frank Skinner. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English With optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. Based on the story by Edna L. Lee and Harry Lee. Special features include: audio commentary featuring film scholars John Mercer and Tamar Jeffers-McDonald; Rock Hudson's home movies, a 1992 essay film about the actor by Mark Rappaport; 1982 French TV interview with Douglas Sirk; excerpts from 1979 BBC documentary Behind the mirror: a profile of Douglas Sirk; Contract kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk interview from 2007; trailer. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray Disc; region A; widescreen (1.75:1) presentation; mono; requires Blu-ray Disc player. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 9781681435435 1681435438 |
| Other | Classic View |