All That Heaven Allows

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film romantic melodrama film

All That Heaven Allows is a 1955 romantic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk, renowned for its lush Technicolor visuals and its critique of 1950s American social conformity and class prejudice.

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All That Heaven Allows (novel) 1
All That Heaven Will Allow 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic melodrama film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Alexander Golitzen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russell A. Gausman ⓘ
basedOn All That Heaven Allows self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: All That Heaven Allows (novel)
basedOnAuthor Edna L. Lee ⓘ
Harry Lee ⓘ
cinematographyBy Russell Metty ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Bill Thomas ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Douglas Sirk ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical film ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Frank Gross ⓘ
genre melodrama ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
hasTheme age and romance ⓘ
individualism versus conformity ⓘ
middle-class respectability ⓘ
influenced Ali: Fear Eats the Soul ⓘ
Far from Heaven ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Rock Hudson ⓘ
leadActress Jane Wyman ⓘ
mainCharacter Cary Scott ⓘ
Ron Kirby ⓘ
musicBy Frank Skinner ⓘ
notableFor lush Technicolor visuals ⓘ
use of color and mise-en-scène to express emotion ⓘ
partOfMovement Hollywood melodrama ⓘ
portrays critique of 1950s American social conformity ⓘ
critique of class prejudice ⓘ
producedBy Ross Hunter ⓘ
productionCompany Universal-International ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1955-12-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1955 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 89 ⓘ
screenwriter Peg Fenwick ⓘ
setIn New England ⓘ
setInPeriod 1950s ⓘ
starring Agnes Moorehead ⓘ
Charles Drake ⓘ
Conrad Nagel ⓘ
Gloria Talbott ⓘ
Jane Wyman ⓘ
Rock Hudson ⓘ
Virginia Grey ⓘ
William Reynolds ⓘ

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All That Heaven Allows → basedOn → All That Heaven Allows self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: All That Heaven Allows (novel)
Tunnel of Love → hasPart → All That Heaven Allows ⓘ
this entity surface form: All That Heaven Will Allow
Jane Wyman → notableWork → All That Heaven Allows ⓘ
Rock Hudson → notableWork → All That Heaven Allows ⓘ