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Mississippi River | Small Town
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Best Actress - Drama | 1962 | Geraldine
Best Actress | 1961 | Geraldine
Best Music Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | 1962 | Elmer
Best Actress in a Leading Role | 1962 | Geraldine
Best Art DirectionSet Decoration Color | 1962
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1962 | Una
Best Original Score | 1962 | Elmer
Most Promising Newcomer - Female | 1962 | Pamela
1961
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1962
Best Actress | 1961 | Geraldine
Top Musical Score | 1962 | Elmer
Hal Wallis Productions bought the film rights to the play in 1952, shortly before its Off-Broadway revival, for $100,000.
Features Una Merkel's only Oscar-nominated performance.
Film debuts of Pamela Tiffin and Margaret Blye.
Rita Moreno made this film in the same year she made her Oscar winner (for Supporting Actress), West Side Story (1961).
The original Broadway play "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams opened Oct. 6, 1948 at the Music Box Theatre and ran for 102 performances. Ray Walston was in the cast in a supporting role.
"John: Eternity? What does it mean? Alma as a Girl: It's something that goes on and on - when life and death and everything else, is all through with. John: Aw, there's no such thing. Alma as a Girl: Oh, but there is. It's what people's souls live in. When they leave their bodies."
"Pearl: You home for good, Johnny? Dusty: For good? If I know Johnny, he's back here for bad."
