Classic Films at the Ferguson: Splendor in the Grass (1961)

Screening of Elia Kazan's Splendor in the Grass from 1961, starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty.

This is the fourth screening in the new classic film series at the Ferguson Library. Each month we will screen a classic and noteworthy title from film history.

Not rated.

Bud (Warren Beatty) and his high school sweetheart, Deanie (Natalie Wood), are weighed down by their parents' oppressive expectations, which threaten the future of their relationship. Deanie's mother (Audrey Christie) and Bud's father (Pat Hingle) caution their children against engaging in a sexual relationship, but for opposing reasons: Deanie's mother thinks Bud won't marry a girl with loose morals while Bud's father is afraid of marriage and pregnancy that would ruin Bud's future at Yale.