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From the Terrace (1960)

From the Terrace poster
Directed by
Mark Robson
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 29m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man from Pennsylvania marries into a wealthy New York family and tries to build a career. He struggles with his cold father and his own distant wife.

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What happens

From the Terrace is a 1960 American DeLuxe Color romantic drama film in CinemaScope directed by Mark Robson from a screenplay by Ernest Lehman, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by John O'Hara. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Ina Balin, George Grizzard, and Leon Ames, with a young Barbara Eden appearing in one scene. The plot tells the story of the estranged son of a Pennsylvania factory owner who marries into a prestigious family and moves to New York to seek his fortune. This was the third theatrically released film that real-life spouses Newman and Woodward made together. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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