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Picnic is a 1955 American Technicolor romantic comedy-drama film in Cinemascope, which was adapted for the screen by Daniel Taradash from William Inge's 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play.Joshua Logan, director of the original Broadway stage production, also directed the film version, which stars William Holden and Kim Novak, with Rosalind Russell, Susan Strasberg and Cliff Robertson in a supporting roles. Picnic was nominated for six Academy Awards and won two.
The film dramatizes 24 hours in the life of a small Kansas town in the mid-20th-century United States. It revolves around the Labor Day holiday, the traditional end of summer vacations in America, after which people must return to school or work and face up to the challenges in their lives. It is the story of the proverbial outsider who blows into town and subsequently manages to overturn complacency, shake convention, disrupt and rearrange lives and reset the fates of all those with whom he comes into contact.
Directed by Joshua Logan Starring William Holden and Kim Novak
William Holden & Kim Novak dance, from the movie "Picnic." I love this scene from the movie "Picnic" from director Josh Logan, released in 1955, based on the play by William Inge. I've always identified, for whatever reason, with the character Hal Carter that Holden played in this film. So many great lines in "Picnic." "You don't love someone because they're perfect, Mom." Who hasn't thought that at one time or another in their lives? William Holden and Kim Novak were great in this, even though Holden thought he was too old to play the part of Hal. I heard he had to drink quite a bit to get up the nerve to do the "Moonglow" dancing scene in this clip. So memorable. So perfect. This clip appears courtesy of BFM Digital and IODA. The movie "Picnic" is owned and licensed by B...
William Holden dances with Kim Novak, in the 1955 movie Picnic.
This classic 1955 film starring Bill Holden and Kim Novak features a great finale- including a reference to Tulsa and the Mayo Hotel! © Columbia Pictures posted with absolutely no permission whatsoever.
Set in a sleepy Kansas town one warm Labor Day weekend, PICNIC focuses on the impact made by a muscle flexing vagrant (William Holden) whose presence causes emotional havoc among the local women, including town beauty (Kim Novak) who must decide whether or not to run away with her handsome new beau. © 1955, renewed 1983 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
One of the sultriest, sexiest moments in the movies: Kim Novak and William Holden dancing to "Moonglow" in the film "Picnic" (1955). In the first few frames, you see a young Susan Strasberg.
The play Picnic filmed for cable, with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gregory Harrison, Rue McClanahan, Conchata Ferrell, and Dick Van Patten in the cast. This channel is a tribute to my favorite actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. If you're a fan be sure to subscribe as I will be uploading many rare videos in the weeks to come. None of the videos on this channel are commercially available. If any become available (and I hope they do) I will remove them immediately. All Jennifer Jason Leigh, all the time on jjlchannel & jjlchannel2.
This is a tribute to a movie called "Picnic" & it was released in 1955 & starred Kim Novak,William Holden,Susan Strasberg & Rosalind Russell. My favorite scene of the movie is the dance between Kim Novak & Bill Holden, it is one of the most romantic dances & moments on film. I hope you enjoy my montage!! Here is a description of the movie: One of the biggest box-office attractions of the 1950s, Picnic was adapted by Daniel Taradash from the Pulitzer Prize-winning William Inge play. William Holden plays Hal Carter, a handsome drifter who ambles into a small Kansas town during the Labor Day celebration to look up old college chum Alan (Cliff Robertson, in his film debut). Hoping to hit up Alan for a job--or a handout--Hal ends up stealing his buddy's fiancee Madge Owens (Kim Novak). ...
On a picnic morning
Without a warning
I looked at you
And somehow I knew
On a day for singing
My heart went winging
A picnic grove
Was our rendezvous
You and I in the sunshine
We strolled the fields and farms
At the last light of evening
I held you in my arms
Now when days grow stormy
And lonely for me
I just recall
Picnic time with you
Now when days grow stormy
And lonely for me
I just recall