Black and white soap opera about a small town in the 1950s. Single mom Elizabeth Grant (Teresa Wright) is heavily neurotic and scared that the town will find out her daughter Melinda (Sandra Dee) is illegitimate. Melinda falls for Will Henderson (John Saxon) whose parents (James Whitmore, Margaret Lindsay) are having problems of their own. Naturally it all ends happily.
Very tame by todays standards but this was probably shocking in 1958. There's nothing really special about this but it's pretty well-written and has a very good cast. All the acting is good and it's fairly well directed. The main reason its of interest today is for its cast. Mostly all of them went on to bigger and better things after this (especially Saxon and Dee). Seeing Saxon so young and playing the good guy for once is pretty amusing and Dee is actually pretty good. A lot of people make fun of her acting but she was never really that bad. So a pleasant time waster--nothing exceptional but not bad either. I give it a 6.
Very tame by todays standards but this was probably shocking in 1958. There's nothing really special about this but it's pretty well-written and has a very good cast. All the acting is good and it's fairly well directed. The main reason its of interest today is for its cast. Mostly all of them went on to bigger and better things after this (especially Saxon and Dee). Seeing Saxon so young and playing the good guy for once is pretty amusing and Dee is actually pretty good. A lot of people make fun of her acting but she was never really that bad. So a pleasant time waster--nothing exceptional but not bad either. I give it a 6.