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Splendor in the Grass

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A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness. From TMDB

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  • The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 30, 2026

    Born 30 Mar 1937, actor Warren Beatty. He made his acting debut as a teenager in love in the drama Splendor in the Grass (1961), but is probably best remembered for his role as Clyde Barrow in Bonnie & Clyde. The film won 2 Oscars and was the biggest box office success of 1967. #WarrenBeatty

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  • David Hollingsworth 🏳️‍🌈 @daveyh39.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    Remembering the great Pat Hingle, Tony-nominated actor of stage, film, and TV, on his 102nd birthday, acclaimed for roles in THE STRANGE ONE, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, NORMA RAE, BREWSTER'S MILLIONS BABY BOOM, BATMAN, THE GRIFTERS, BATMAN RETURNS, and episodes of THE FUGITIVE, CHEERS, and more.

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  • Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2025

    #Edwards1000SixtiesMovies 118/1000: SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS This Kazan-directed drama film proved two points for me: 1) Beatty makes an impressive debut as the son of a Kansas town's most powerful guy; and 2) Natalie is beautifully adept at playing an emotionally troubped gal.

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  • The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 27, 2026

    Born 27 April 1937, Sandy Dennis was a US actress. She made her film debut in the drama Splendor in the Grass (1961). For her performance in the drama film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She died in 1992, aged just 54. #SandyDennis

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2025

    William Inge (with scenes from the film "Splendor in the Grass" which was written by Inge) - BOTD

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  • Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    If you’ve never seen it, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS is so much more intense and excellent than you imagine it is, a frank, spectacular film

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2023

    After having been repeatedly told that Natalie's not good in the movie and sort of believing that, I've come to think that she's quite, quite swell. Most actresses can play Louise or Gypsy but not both, and I think she does a great job. I also adore her in/and Splendor in the Grass.

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  • Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2026

    When Jason reached out about appearing on his show Guide for the Film Fanatic, I instantly checked to see if SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS was up for grabs. I love this movie so much, and always love chatting with Jason and Mike! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2024

    William Inge (with scenes from the film "Splendor in the Grass" which was written by Inge) - BOTD

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  • Robin @tuesdaydreams.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    Sunny Sandler is a star. I will always love Jessie and Olivia (especially together), Obsession is funny horror, and a revisit to my teenaged Saturday afternoon movie obsession, “Splendor in the Grass”. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

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  • Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2025

    I was particularly delighted with the little tribute to SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS tucked into Glenn's review of a movie I bet you did not know I liked, LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH.

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  • Todd @kinetograph.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2025

    Cinematographer Boris Kaufman shot À propos de Nice (1929), Zero for Conduct (1933), L'Atalante (1934), On the Waterfront (1954), Baby Doll (1956), 12 Angry Men (1957), Splendor in the Grass (1961), The Pawnbroker (1964), Film (1965), and other movies. #SilentFlickerSunday

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  • thewanderingbackpack @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 14, 2025

    What are some movies like Splendor in the Grass and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg?.

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  • Nunsense & Shenunigans @annaleehq.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 20, 2024

    Splendor in the Grass (great movie btw If you have not already seen it, drop what you’re doing and go watch it NOOOWWWW)

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  • The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    Elia Kazan’s SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS stars Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty as high school sweethearts kept apart by small-town morality. Screening in our series The Monster in All of Us: The Films Behind EAST OF EDEN, hand-picked by creator Zoe Kazan. www.paristheaternyc.com/film/splendo...

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  • David Hollingsworth 🏳️‍🌈 @daveyh39.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 9, 2026

    Happy Heavenly 94th Birthday to the great Barbara Loden, ahead of her time & Tony-winning actress and film/theater director, who was #BOTD on 7/8/1932. Beloved for her 1970 masterpiece WANDA, as well as her roles in WILD RIVER, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, and FADE IN (TV movie).

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  • Karen @thedarkpages.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2026

    Remembering Barbara Loden, who was born in Asheville, North Carolina on today's date in 1932. I know her best as Warren Beatty's sister in Splendor in the Grass, and for Wanda, the acclaimed 1970 independent film she wrote, directed, and starred in. She died in 1980 at age 48.

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  • Phil 👨🏽 @philfromthe90s.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2025

    It was nice rewatching Citizen Kane. It’s not my favorite movie, but you can’t argue it’s the greatest film ever made. Splendor in the Grass was a really great, but sad movie. Weapons was really fun watching! #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

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  • Elisa Davis @elisa515.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2025

    I recently showed SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS to my little local film club. We're all over 60, and most had seen it on TV as teenagers. Before it started, I asked whether people thought it was B&W or color (I really had no idea). Everyone thought B&W. Of course! Because we'd seen it on B&W TV!

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  • Sarah @skarabara.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2026

    I watched Bachelor Party at one friend's house almost every weekend and Splendor in the Grass at another friend's house every other weekend. That's what they owned. I don't remember what we had.

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  • Beck Jones @beckjoneshere.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 30, 2026

    Below, Warren Beatty, #botd in 1937, and Hume Cronyn in the paranoid classic The Parallax View...which we are now living. Just one of movies that have Beatty-fied us, from Splendor in the Grass to Bonnie & Clyde, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Shampoo, Reds + many more. Felicitations! #moviesky #filmsky

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  • Liberal Buddhist @liberalbuddhist.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 2, 2026

    Seven directors for the seven days of the week, American Edition. Name the film and director. Provide an image. Film: Splendor in the Grass Director: Elia Kazan #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #MondaysAreForEliaKazan Splendor in the Grass (1961)

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  • jackviertel.bsky.social @jackviertel.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2025

    Made it through Splendor in the Grass last night and now I’m in Inge-land. Anyone got a best-to-worst list of the stage adaptations to film? I’m gonna be here for a while.

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  • Diana @dianaischill24-7.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 10, 2026

    I absolutely adore her and Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass. Although the movie makes me sad.

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  • Goji Berry 🫐 Toni Mattox ♥️ @tonilm123.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2025

    Natalie Wood was a presence over the likes of Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Bette Davis, and Elizabeth Taylor. Her class and sophistication was superbly unique. Splendor in the Grass was another excellent film. Warren Beatty was just a supporting actor. As far as I'm concerned Robert Redford was too. 😉

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  • Lauren Thompson @laurenfacall.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2025

    27 April 1937 – 1992 Sandy Dennis, US actress. Film: Splendor in the Grass (1961) Tony Awards: A Thousand Clowns, and, Any Wednesday (1962-66) Film: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Oscar) * The Fox * The Out of Towners * Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean * 976-EVIL * The Indian Runner (1991)

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  • Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS // This movie is out of its MIND. Nobody was better at portraying complex dumb guys than Warren Beatty. There’s a scene where Beatty is in a pizzeria in New Haven and he goes, “what IS pizza?” And I remember my soul momentarily leaving my body. Natalie Wood is perfect.

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  • The Frida Cinema @thefridacinema.orgBluesky · Jun 7, 2026

    The second film in our Starring Natalie Wood series is SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, co-starring Warren Beatty in his screen debut! Wood’s performance garnered her the second Oscar nomination of her career, this time Best Actress! 🌱 June 13-15! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/splen...

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  • Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.comBluesky · Mar 16, 2026

    NEW EPISODE! It was such a pleasure to welcome back @aishaharris.bsky.social to discuss the quintessential horny teenager movie — Elia Kazan and William Ingle’s masterpiece SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS. One of our best episodes to date, imho: pod.link/1274489817/e...

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  • 🇺🇦a Lily with Thorns🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @alilywiththorns.bsky.socialBluesky · May 12, 2025

    Challenge: Choose 30 fictional characters that have stayed with you or influenced you. One character per day for 30 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just the character & their TV, film, book... Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis Splendor in the Grass (film) 2/30

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  • Just me, Aunt Teefa @tlf5foot8.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2024

    #FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just stills. Day 12. Splendor in The Grass 1961

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  • Eric Robinette @sircritic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2024

    I’m at the Natalie Wood film festival in Sutton’s Bay, Michigan! They’ve played DRIFTWOOD, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, WEST SIDE STORY, LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER and REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE.

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  • Matthew Anderson @manderson9905.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2026

    New episode on the main podcast where we chat with @jeffreykare.bsky.social on the 1961 film, Splendor in the Grass. Available on Spotify and YouTube (links are below)! If you'd like to support the show, become a Patreon member for only $3/month: www.patreon.com/cw/TheLoneSc...

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  • Jam2 @jam2.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 29, 2026

    Name A Favorite Movie (doesn't have to be THE favorite) from this actor/actress (Add GIF, movie scene, pic, etc) Natalie Wood 😍😍📽️ Mine: Splendor In The Grass (1961) as Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis Yours? (Add to this Post) youtu.be/lWbd8uOsbBE?...

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  • Harrison Gould @harrisongould.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2025

    It’s an old movie, but Splendor in the Grass directed by Elia Kazan (with Natalie Wood and 23 year old Warren Beatty) has an amazing father character arc.

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  • Elisa Davis @elisa515.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2025

    Last night I showed my little local film club SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS. I streamed it from Hoopla onto a big projection TV screen. A few of us remembered seeing it on TV when we were kids. As I was about to hit play, I asked if anyone knew if it was B&W or color. Was shocked that it was in color!

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  • williambyoung.bsky.social @williambyoung.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2025

    She takes what should be a nothing role in Splendor in the Grass and lifts the entire end of the film. But that’s why Kazan cast her.

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  • Chris S. Dixon -Writer @chriswriter.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2024

    To borrow from the title of a movie. Ella is 'Splendor in the Grass' ☺️

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  • That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Jackie DeShannon herself later recorded two other commercially released versions of "Splendor in the Grass", the lyrics of which had been inspired by the 1961 Elia Kazan movie (starring Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood"). But here's the original demo version: Jackie DeShannon: Splendor in the […]

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  • That Other Place @[email protected]Mastodon · Oct 7, 2026

    Jackie DeShannon herself later recorded two other commercially released versions of "Splendor in the Grass", the lyrics of which had been inspired by the 1961 Elia Kazan movie (starring Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood"). But here's the original demo version: Jackie DeShannon: Splendor in the Grass (1964) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCT2pOlPoec #MusicWomenWednesday #JackieDeShannon #folkmusic #SplendorintheGrass

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  • Justine Peres Smith @redroomrantings.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    1961 has to be one of the all-time great film years. 1. La Notte 2. Viridiana 3. Léon Morin, prêtre 4. Mother Joan of the Angels 5. The Misfits 6. Something Wild 7. Splendor in the Grass 8. Lola 9. Last Year at Marienbad 10. The Hustler letterboxd.com/philosophero...

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  • Atticus Campbell @atticus00.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    (1/2) ALL ABOARD THE CENSOR SHIP! This promotional lobby card features Warren Beatty [sic] alongside his teammates soaping up in the locker room shower scene from Elia Kazan's 1961 drama film SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS.

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  • We the People Matter @crabbyslathers.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    (quick edit: sad romance film "Splendor in the Grass" w Natalie Woods & Warren Beatty quite different from 🌱🌱Spender in the Grass

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  • Milan Paurich @milanpaurich.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    Brando is, of course, magnificent, but I've always felt this borders on "Message Movie" preachy. And yeah, morally reprehensible, too. My favorite Kazan movies are "Splendor in the Grass" and "Wild River."

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  • ✨🌊 s e a 🧛‍♀️ w i t c h ✨ @infiniteishq.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    Splendor In The Grass was really a fantastic movie. 🎥 And excellent poem…

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  • ✨🌊 s e a 🧛‍♀️ w i t c h ✨ @infiniteishq.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2026

    Yes, a longing and emotional melancholy deep with bittersweet intensity. Kind of like that scene between Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty in Elia Kazan’s Splendor In The Grass towards the end of the film. Saudade.

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  • Milan Paurich @milanpaurich.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2026

    My favorite Wood performance is in "Splendor in the Grass." It's also my favorite Elia Kazan movie.

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  • collier74.bsky.social @collier74.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    If I'm remembering correctly he plays Warren Beatty's dad in a movie. Then during the stock market crash of '29 he walks out of a window. Splendor in the Grass, just off the top of my head. Pat Hingle was a very stalwart, versatile and dependable actor.

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  • Michael Shinafelt @michaelshinafelt.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2026

    Splendor In The Grass #SplendorInTheGrass #movie #classic #WarrenBeatty #NatalieWood #EntertainMe mshinafelt.blogspot.com/2026/03/sple...

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  • Hamakei @hamakei.co.ukBluesky · Jan 30, 2026

    359 - Splendor in the Grass The story is rather trite and the dialogue dull but Natalie Wood is outstanding - she saves the film. This is almost like an American version of a Merchant Ivory production, set in the (then) present day. Their version of class traitors. 👍 #1001Movies

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  • Elisa Davis @elisa515.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2025

    I showed SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS to my little local film club a couple weeks ago. Before it started, I asked everyone (we're all..ahem..."older") if people thought it was in B&W or color. We all thought B&W, because that's how we'd seen it as teens on TV.

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  • Barb Bengela @barbbengela.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2025

    Good Morning! Like the movie, this is "Splendor in the Grass".

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  • Newworld newnews @newworldnewnews.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 30, 2025

    American actor and filmmaker (Heaven can wait) Warren Beatty born on March 30, 1937 in Richmond, Virginia He made his movie debut in the 1961 film Splendor in the Grass in which he costarred with Natalie Wood

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  • QuirkyFilms @[email protected]Mastodon · Nov 22, 2023

    #TakingABreakFromFilming #SplendorInTheGrass (1961) The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928. #WarrenBeatty #NatalieWood #EliaKazan (Director) on set. #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬

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  • Classic Movies Today @classicfilms.appBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    65 years ago: Splendor in the Grass (US) A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a hand... 1961-10-10 #ClassicFilm #NatalieWood #WarrenBeatty #PatHingle https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/28569

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  • Egyptian Theatre LA @egyptianla.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    On Oct 12, join us for a special double-feature presentation of Elia Kazan’s SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, followed by Hirokazu Kore-eda’s STILL WALKING. Screening in our series The Monster in All of Us: The Films Behind EAST OF EDEN, curated with creator Zoe Kazan. egyptiantheatre.com/film/egyptia...

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  • Alt Film Guide @altfilmguide.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2026

    TCM | #TCMParty Summer Under the Stars - AUG 15 NATALIE WOOD John Ford's THE SEARCHERS w John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins' Best Picture Oscar winner WEST SIDE STORY Elia Kazan's SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, which earned her her 1st Best Actress Oscar nod #TCM #movies #film

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  • Frank Pozen Toronto, Canada @frankp316.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 19, 2026

    @willmckinley.bsky.social Music/movie birthday. Buster Bailey 1902-1967. Jazz clarinetist was a sideman with guys like Fletcher Henderson and Louis Armstrong. Appeared in the films Splendor in the Grass (1961), When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965).

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  • CinemaSerf @Geronimo1967TMDB reviews · Jun 22, 2026

    "Bud" (Warren Beatty) is the handsome captain of the American football team at school and has been courting "Deanie" (Natalie Wood) for as long as anyone can remember. So far, they have done little more than kiss - but they expect to, as time goes on. His father (Pat Hingle) is a self-made oil magnate who is determined that his boy is going to aim a lot higher, though, and that might mean Yale and beyond - whether the sceptical "Bud" wants this or not. "Deanie", on the other hand, comes from…

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  • Ruby Stevens @ruby10028.bsky.socialBluesky · May 14, 2026

    @kazza10024.bsky.social Category is Inspired By: THIS 1982 NO. 1 HIT WAS INSPIRED BY "SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS", A CLASSIC FILM ABOUT THE FAILED EXPECTATIONS OF TEENS WILMA & BUD

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