Post by spiderwort on Sept 1, 2017 14:46:45 GMT
Given that it's Labor Day weekend, I wanted to acknowledge this film set in a small midwestern town during a Labor Day celebration.
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning play by William Inge, shot by the great James Wong Howe, directed by Joshua Logan, and starring William Holden, Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell, Cliff Robertson, and Susan Strasberg, it is one of my personal favorites. Because it was shot on location in Kansas, where Inge was from, it has a wonderfully authentic 1950s small midwestern town feel to it.
As long as I live I'll never forget the beautiful scene in which Holden and Novak dance beneath colored lights to the tune of George Duning's great original score married to the popular song "Moonglow."
Dance scene in PICNIC
Anyone else a fan of this classic film?
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning play by William Inge, shot by the great James Wong Howe, directed by Joshua Logan, and starring William Holden, Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell, Cliff Robertson, and Susan Strasberg, it is one of my personal favorites. Because it was shot on location in Kansas, where Inge was from, it has a wonderfully authentic 1950s small midwestern town feel to it.
As long as I live I'll never forget the beautiful scene in which Holden and Novak dance beneath colored lights to the tune of George Duning's great original score married to the popular song "Moonglow."
Dance scene in PICNIC
Anyone else a fan of this classic film?