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Splendor in the Grass ()

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The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations.
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Wilma Dean Loomis
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Ace Stamper
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Mrs. Loomis
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Ginny Stamper
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Angelina
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Bud Stamper
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Del Loomis
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Mrs. Stamper
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Doc Smiley
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Juanita Howard
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Miss Metcalf
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Allen 'Toots' Tuttle
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Kay
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Hazel
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June
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Carolyn
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Texas Guinan
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Glenn
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Student (uncredited)
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Oil Field Worker at Party (uncredited)
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Oil Field Worker at Party (uncredited)
Buster Bailey ...
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Chauffeur (uncredited)
Carlos Cortés ...
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Actress in film clip from 'Glorious Betsy' (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Robert Downing ...
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Trailer Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Dr. Judd (uncredited)
Larry Gaynes ...
Student in Classroom (uncredited)
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Reverend Whitman (uncredited)
Phoebe Mackay ...
Stamper's Maid (uncredited)
Charles Matthews ...
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Jennifer Merin ...
High School Girl (uncredited)
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Dean Pollard (uncredited)
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Actor in film clip from 'Glorious Betsy' (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Johnny Masterson (uncredited)
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Private Detective (uncredited)
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Rusty (uncredited)
Iris Whitney ...
Deanie's High School Friend (uncredited)

Directed by

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Elia Kazan

Written by

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William Inge ... (written by)

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William Inge ... associate producer
Elia Kazan ... producer (uncredited)
Charles H. Maguire ... associate producer

Music by

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David Amram ... (music composed by)

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Boris Kaufman ... director of photography

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Gene Milford ... film editor

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Richard Sylbert

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Gene Callahan

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Anna Hill Johnstone

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Willis Hanchett ... hairdresser
Robert Jiras ... makeup

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Don Kranze ... assistant director
Ulu Grosbard ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Edward J. Johnstone ... sound (as Edward Johnstone)
Frank Lewin ... sound editor
Dick Vorisek ... sound (as Richard Vorisek)
James Perdue ... sound (uncredited)

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Frank J. Calabria ... additional photographer (uncredited)
Howard Fortune ... electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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George Newman ... wardrobe
Flo Transfield ... wardrobe (as Florence Transfield)
Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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David Amram ... music conducted by

Script and Continuity Department

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Marguerite James ... script and continuity

Additional Crew

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George Tapps ... choreographer
Mart Crowley ... production assistant (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

It's 1928 in oil rich southeast Kansas. High school seniors Bud Stamper and Deanie Loomis are in love with each other. Bud, the popular football captain, and Deanie, the sensitive soul, are "good" kids who have only gone as far as kissing. Unspoken to each other, they expect to get married to each other one day. But both face pressures within the relationship, Bud who has the urges to go farther despite knowing in his heart that if they do that Deanie will end up with a reputation like his own sister, Ginny Stamper, known as the loose, immoral party girl, and Deanie who will do anything to hold onto Bud regardless of the consequences. They also face pressures from their parents who have their own expectation for their offspring. Bud's overbearing father, Ace Stamper, the local oil baron, does not believe Bud can do wrong and expects him to go to Yale after graduation, which does not fit within Bud's own expectations for himself. And the money and image conscious Mrs. Loomis just wants Deanie to get married as soon as possible to Bud so that Deanie will have a prosperous life in a rich family. When Bud makes a unilateral decision under these pressures, it leads to a path which affects both his and Deanie's future. Written by Huggo

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Taglines A LOVE STORY UNLIKE ANY OTHERS !! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Splendour in the Grass (Ireland, English title)
  • Splendour in the Grass (United Kingdom)
  • La fièvre dans le sang (France)
  • Fieber im Blut (Germany)
  • Esplendor a l'herba (Spain, Catalan title)
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  • 124 min
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Trivia Right before shooting was set to begin, Pat Hingle suffered devastating injuries when he accidentally fell 54 feet down an elevator shaft in his apartment building. It would take Hingle over a year to fully recover from the accident. In the meantime, however, he decided to go ahead and do the film - he would simply incorporate his limp into the character. "I broke everything," Hingle said later. "I landed upright, so I broke hips and knees and ankles and ribs, and that sort of thing. That lurching walk that Ace Stamper has - that was as good as I could walk." See more »
Goofs During the bathtub scene, there is chunk of dry ice providing the "steam". See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Une histoire seule (1989). See more »
Soundtracks Auld Lang Syne See more »
Crazy Credits There is no end title; the picture simply fades to black. See more »
Quotes Miss Metcalf: Now, what do you think the poet means by this line ? Deanie Loomis.
Wilma Dean: I'm sorry, Miss Metcalf. I... I didn't hear the question.
Miss Metcalf: Well, I know it's Spring, Deanie, but I must ask you to pay more attention. I quoted some lines from Wordsworth's Ode on Intimations of Immortality, Deanie. Did you hear them ?
Wilma Dean: I'm afraid not Miss Metcalf.
Miss Metcalf: Well, then I must ask to turn your text to page 380...
Wilma Dean: Yes.
Miss Metcalf: You read the lines to me. Stand, please.
Wilma Dean: "Though nothing can bring back the hour/Of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower/We will grieve not. Rather find/Strengh in what remains behind..."
Miss Metcalf: Now, perhaps you can tell me exactly what the poet means by such expressions as "Splendor in the grass" and "Glory in the Flower".
Wilma Dean: Well, I think it have some...
Miss Metcalf: Yes ?
Wilma Dean: Well, when we're young, we looks at thing very idealistically I guess. And I think Woodsworth means that... that when we're grow-up... then, we have to... forget the ideals of youth... and find strength... Miss Metcalf, may I please be...?
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