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      Blue Denim

      1959 1 hr. 29 min. Drama List
      Reviews 61% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Arthur (Brandon de Wilde) and Janet (Carol Lynley) are two teenagers in love. But their careless romance is thrown into jeopardy when Janet gets pregnant. They try to broach the matter with their emotionally remote parents, but are unable to make any headway. Arthur and Janet even try to get married -- but are turned away for being too young. As their window of opportunity narrows, Arthur begins the search for someone who can perform an illegal abortion. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member The film inverts the message of the stage play. More importantly, 16 or 17 year old kids in 1959 had little understanding of abortion or abortion procedures. This was a subject never mentioned. In fact, one of the inaccuracies of the movie is when the boys tell each other of their fathers' attempt at telling them the facts of life. That simply did not happen in 1959. That battle was to start in the 1960s, and even ten years later, most fathers in the 1960s were too ashamed to talk to their sons about "sex". Anyway, it would not have happened in 1959. Other minor, yet important plot inconsistencies. The teens are shown dancing to 40s music throughout. Teenagers in 1959 were hooked on Dick Clark and American Bandstand and only wanted to dance to the new sound of rock and roll, which radio stations all over the country were playing. No teens were dancing to 40s big band music in 1959. Movies always get this major detail wrong ... they never do their homework concerning contemporary music and teenage behavior, and it cheapens the movies and the subjects portrayed within. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Bernard Herrmann's intense score highlights the dramatic tension of the subject matter. The film's main themes include inter-generational conflict and barriers to communication, which are still relatable themes today. Warren Berlinger has a strong supporting performance, while deWilde seems at time slightly forced. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member another teen movie like 'rebel without a cause' Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member soap doesn't get much purer than this Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Before Juno there was Blue Denim Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Kind of funny. But I think that it was supposed to be serious. I thought that it made it's point well about premarital sex. I liked the end it got tense. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Blue Denim is a product of not only a more conservative time but also a more conservative Hollywood. Yet the film is nevertheless free of the hysteria and hypocrisy often found in vintage works of this nature. Rated: 3/4 Aug 29, 2021 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row While [Dunne] is most remembered as a great screenwriter, his tender, unassuming direction of Blue Denim shows that he was a filmmaker ahead of his time. Rated: 3/4 Jun 3, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: B Jan 21, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Arthur (Brandon de Wilde) and Janet (Carol Lynley) are two teenagers in love. But their careless romance is thrown into jeopardy when Janet gets pregnant. They try to broach the matter with their emotionally remote parents, but are unable to make any headway. Arthur and Janet even try to get married -- but are turned away for being too young. As their window of opportunity narrows, Arthur begins the search for someone who can perform an illegal abortion.
      Director
      Philip Dunne
      Screenwriter
      Edith R. Sommer, Philip Dunne
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Mar 15, 2016