Splendor in the Grass (1961)
  • Splendor in the Grass (1961)
  • Splendor in the Grass (1961)
  • Splendor in the Grass (1961)
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Splendor in the Grass Cast
 

On-Screen Couples
Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood Warren Beatty (as Bud Stamper) with Natalie Wood (as Wilma Dean 'Deanie' Loomis)

 

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Other Information

Awards
Best Foreign Actress BAFTA Awards [1963] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)
Top Female Dramatic Performance Laurel Awards [1962] (Won/Nominated: 3rd place)
Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama Golden Globes [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama Golden Globes [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)
Best Motion Picture - Drama Golden Globes [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Directors Guild of America, USA [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)
Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Awards [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated)
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen Academy Awards [1962] (Won/Nominated: Won)
Gold Medal Photoplay Awards [1961] (Won/Nominated: Won)
Plot Summary
1961`s premiere "date" movie represented the screen debut of Warren Beatty. Set in the 1920s, William Inge`s screenplay concerns the superheated romance between working-class high schooler Natalie Wood and rich kid Beatty. Trying their best to keep t...
Tagline
There is a miracle in being young...and a fear.
It`s unrelenting moments, Its tragedies and splendors!
A LOVE STORY UNLIKE ANY OTHERS !!
 

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Awards
Splendor in the Grass (1961) was nominated for the following awards:

Academy Awards

1.
Oscar
1962
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated  

BAFTA Awards

2.
BAFTA Film Award
1963
Best Foreign Actress
Nominated  

Golden Globes

3.
Golden Globe
1962
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Nominated  
4.
Golden Globe
1962
Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
Nominated  

Laurel Awards

5.
Golden Laurel
1962
Top Female Dramatic Performance

Directors Guild of America, USA

6.
DGA Award
1962
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Nominated  
 

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Trivia

Trivia and Quotes

Quotes
  • Bud: Deanie, you`re a nice girl. Wilma Dean: I`m not. I`m not a nice girl.
  • Mrs. Loomis: Ginny Stamper is too low for the dogs to bite.
  • Wilma Dean: Didn`t you ever feel that way about Dad? Mrs. Loomis: Your father never laid a hand on me until we were married. Then I... I just gave in because a wife has to. A woman doesn`t enjoy those things the way a man does. She just lets her husband come near her in order to have children.
  • Wilma Dean: My pride? My pride? I don`t want my pride!
  • Wilma Dean: No, mom! I`m not spoiled! I`m not spoiled mom! I`m just as fresh and virginal like the day I was born, mom!
  • [last lines] Wilma Dean: [voiceover] Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower, we will grieve not; rather find strength in what remains behind.
  • [first lines] Wilma Dean: Bud... Bud: Deanie, please... Wilma Dean: Bud, I`m afraid. Oh, Bud... don`t, Bud. Bud: Deanie... Wilma Dean: No... we mustn`t, Bud... no... no... [he gets out of the car] Wilma Dean: Bud, don`t be mad. Bud: I better take you home.
    Trivia
  • In the bath scene, Natalie Wood`s wrist is very briefly revealed. She normally always wore a bulky bracelet or long sleeves to hide the protrusion of a bone in her wrist which she thought to be an ugly anomaly.
  • Incredibly - by today`s standards - a Cedar Rapids, Iowa (USA) newspaper ad for this film says "No one under 16 will be admitted unless accompanied by an adult".
  • While a clip was not actually seen (though dialog is heard), there is a scene in `Pedro Almodovar``s _What have I done to deserve this? (1984)_ in which the grandmother and her eldest grandson attend a showing of Splendor in the Grass (1961). As they leave the theater, the poster (Spanish) is clearly seen in the background.
  • Jane Fonda tested unsuccessfully for the role of Wilma Dean Loomis. Natalie Wood and Diane Varsi made the final list with Wood eventually being chosen. Lee Remick was also considered for the role of Deanie.
  • Film debuts of Warren Beatty`, Sandy Dennis, Phyllis Diller, Marla Adams and Eugene Roche.
  • Rumor had it that Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty were having an affair during filming which led to the breakup of Natalie`s marriage to Robert Wagner. In reality the two stars didn`t get along during filming and started dating after Natalie`s marriage had ended.
  • The film`s title comes from a poem by William Wordsworth: "Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass, / of glory in the flower, / we will grieve not, / rather find strength in what remains behind."
  • Dennis Hopper was considered for the role of Bud Stamper.
  • Depicts the first French kiss in a Hollywood film.
  • As filmed, this film included a sequence in which Wilma Dean Loomis takes a bath while arguing with her mother. The bickering finally becomes so intense that Wilma jumps out of the tub and runs nude down a hallway to her bedroom, where the camera cuts to a close-up of her bare legs kicking hysterically on the mattress. Both the Hollywood censors and the Catholic Legion Of Decency objected to the hallway scene, finding the bare backside unsuitable for public display. Consequently, director Elia Kazan dropped the piece, leaving an abrupt jump from tub to bed.
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