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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Norma Crane appearedIn Tea and Sympathy (1956 film)