Title from title frame. Based on the story by Edna L. Lee and Harry Lee. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955. Special features include audio commentary; Rock Hudson's home movies, an essay film by Mark Rappaport; interview with Douglas Sirk from 1982 French television program Cinéma cinémas; excerpts from Behind the Mirror, a profile of Douglas Sirk, a 1979 BBC documentary; Contract kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk, a 2007 interview; trailer. Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey, Gloria Talbott, William Reynolds, Charles Drake, Hayden Rorke, Jacqueline de Wit, Leigh Snowden, Donald Curtis, Alex Gerry, Nestor Paiva, Forrest Lewis, Tol Avery, Merry Anders.
Contents:
disc one. Feature ; Commentary ; Trailer -- disc two. Rock Hudson's home movies ; Behind the Mirror, a profile of Douglas Sirk ; Contract kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk ; Cinéma cinémas.
Summary:
The film follows the blossoming love between a well-off suburban widow and her handsome and earthy younger gardener. After their romance prompts the scorn of her selfish children and snooty country club friends, she must decide whether to pursue her own happiness or carry on a lonely, hemmed-in existence for the sake of the approval of others.
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