Tea and Sympathy (1956 film)

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Tea and Sympathy (1956 film) is a 1956 American drama directed by Vincente Minnelli that explores themes of conformity, masculinity, and intolerance at a boys’ boarding school, adapted from Robert Anderson’s stage play.

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instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationOf Tea and Sympathy (play) ⓘ
linked to: Tea and Sympathy
aspectRatio CinemaScope ⓘ
basedOn Tea and Sympathy (play) ⓘ
linked to: Tea and Sympathy
character Al ⓘ
Bill Reynolds ⓘ
linked to: William Reynolds

Ellie Martin ⓘ
cinematographyBy John Alton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Vincente Minnelli ⓘ
discusses prejudice against perceived effeminacy in men ⓘ
distributedInFormat 35 mm film ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Harold F. Kress ⓘ
filmColorProcess Metrocolor ⓘ
filmingStudio MGM Studios ⓘ
linked to: MGM
genre drama film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor John Kerr ⓘ
leadActress Deborah Kerr ⓘ
leadCharacter Laura Reynolds ⓘ
Tom Lee ⓘ
mpaaRating Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ
musicBy Adolph Deutsch ⓘ
notableFor treatment of nonconformist masculinity in 1950s American cinema ⓘ
originalPlayPremiereYear 1953 ⓘ
playwrightOfSource Robert Anderson ⓘ
portrays homophobia ⓘ
rigid gender roles ⓘ
social pressure to conform ⓘ
producer Pandro S. Berman ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1956-09-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 1956 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 122 ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Anderson ⓘ
setInPeriod 1940s ⓘ
setting boys’ boarding school ⓘ
stars Darryl Hickman ⓘ
Deborah Kerr ⓘ
Edward Andrews ⓘ
John Kerr ⓘ
Leif Erickson ⓘ
theme conformity ⓘ
intolerance ⓘ
masculinity ⓘ

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