Saturday, March 9, 2013

A SUMMER PLACE



Middle-aged love and young love came together in this late 1959 Warner Bros. blockbuster which packed theatres and drive-ins during the early 1960s.

A self-made businessman (Richard Egan) rekindles a romance with a former flame (Dorothy McGuire) while their two teenage children (Troy Donahue and Sandra Dee) begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.

Toss in Percy Faith's number one hit single (Theme from A SUMMER PLACE), which is now an instrumental standard, and you had a movie that sold lots of popcorn and Kleenex.
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A SUMMER PLACE played Rowan County theatres ten times.

January 1 - 9, 1960 - CAPITOL THEATRE
April 24 - 25, 1960 - ROCKWELL THEATRE
May 15 - 18, 1960 - 601 DRIVE-IN THEATRE
July 24 - 26, 1960 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
April 6 - 8, 1961 - JOE'S DRIVE-IN THEATRE
April 9 - 11, 1961 - CENTER THEATRE
June 1 - 2, 1961 - 601 DRIVE-IN THEATRE
June 9 - 12, 1963 - CENTER THEATRE
December 28, 1963 - SALISBURY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
September 2 - 3, 1966 - 601 DRIVE-IN THEATRE