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A Summer Place

film by Daves [1959]
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  • Delmer Daves
    / Later films

    …most notable of which was A Summer Place (1959), the biggest hit of Daves’s career. Based on Sloan Wilson’s novel, it was considered somewhat controversial for its look at adultery and premarital sex. Other films from that time included Parrish (1961), Susan Slade (1961), and Rome Adventure (1962).

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    …most notable of which was A Summer Place (1959), the biggest hit of Daves’s career. Based on Sloan Wilson’s novel, it was considered somewhat controversial for its look at adultery and premarital sex. Other films from that time included Parrish (1961), Susan Slade (1961), and Rome Adventure (1962).

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