Two Loves (1961)

Director:

Charles Walters

Writers:

Sylvia Ashton-Warner (novel), Ben Maddow

Stars:

Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Harvey, Jack Hawkins

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Shirley MacLaine	...	Anna Vorontosov
Laurence Harvey	...	Paul Lathrope
Jack Hawkins	...	Abercrombie
Nobu McCarthy	...	Whareparita
Ronald Long	...	Headmaster Reardon
Norah Howard	...	Mrs. Cutter
Juano Hernandez	...	Rauhuia

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Taglines:

So busy with her children...SHE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET MARRIED!

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 July 1962 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

The Spinster

Company Credits

Production Co:

Julian Blaustein Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shirley MacLaine wrote that she and Laurence Harvey did not like each other. She found him pompous and insensitive. Once right before the director shouted "action", Harvey leaned toward her, scrutinized her left cheek and asked "What on earth is that?" and acted as though she had a hickey the size of Mount Fuji. Just when she was about to ask for a mirror, Harvey said "Never mind, they'll never notice, it's not your face you should be concerned about". MacLaine did a slow burn and went on with the scene. The next day they were to film a love scene. Before it, MacLaine ate a clove of raw garlic. "That settled his hash", she wrote.

User Reviews

Aloof and indifferently-made...but not altogether terrible

American schoolteacher on the North Island of New Zealand--unmarried and, indeed, untouched by any man--smokes and takes a nip of brandy once in awhile but cannot escape her Puritan attitudes towards sexual relations. Two men take a fancy to her: a reckless stud with suicidal tendencies and an older school district inspector estranged from his wife and children. Mercurial adaptation of Sylvia Ashton-Warner's novel "Spinster" features some very odd color schemes (from the emerald green landscapes to Shirley MacLaine's house of many colors), not to mention a peculiarly artificial schoolhouse filled with very emotional children. The melodrama on hand eventually proves too much for MacLaine, who dithers about eccentrically but is still unable to come up with an interesting characterization (this mainly the fault of screenwriter Ben Maddow, who treats virginity as an incurable disorder, physical as well as psychological). However, the material is just odd or offbeat enough to keep one watching, and the men (Laurence Harvey and Jack Hawkins) are both very good. ** from ****