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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.

8,046 feet. But do have to say that we feel this movie was pretty ahead of it's time.

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And was quit pleasantly surprised, it's a terrific little film.

More importantly, 16 or 17 year old kids in 1959 had little understanding of abortion or abortion procedures. Yet the film is nevertheless free of the hysteria and hypocrisy often found in vintage works of this nature. It may not have had today's broad slice of life in your face stance, but it was not the order of the day.It reflects the last days of a total lack of knowledge and misunderstood truths among the teenagers of that most recent time.

I think Carol Linley did a very good job and I became a fan of hers only after seeing this movie, and can't forget Brandon he died much too young he was a very good actor. Was this review helpful? Far more sophisticated than I would have expected for a film made in 1959 dealing with teenage pregnancy. Blue Denim: Dinner at Blue Denim - See 117 traveler reviews, 77 candid photos, and great deals for Greensboro, NC, at Tripadvisor. The final reunion scene in a train's passenger car is very touching, as the young couple decide to marry and build a life together.

Was this review helpful? Dated as it may be, BLUE DENIM, or BLUE JEANS as it was known overseas, is still an effective teen pregnancy film, and no doubt a big deal of it's time. 4 out of 8 found this helpful. Ernie forges a permission slip for her. Was this review helpful?

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All rights reserved. Lord knows I love melodrama, but this film is so past the top it can't even see it anymore.

Contrary to some of the other critics , I did not find myself tempted to laugh at all. June 3, 2019 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. This story is about a young innocent boy, Arthur Bartley, (Brandon DeWilde) who likes the girl next door, Janet Willard, (Carol Lynley) who liked Arthur and Janet decided to give Arthur a good lesson about love making and sex which usually starts a big event in people's lives, babies.

De Wilde is a tender teen who's just had his lifelong pal, his dog, put to sleep while he was at school. Unwanted/unplanned pregnancies still are, except that many teenagers/young adults just get an abortion(s) or simply swell the ranks of single parents. Unfortunately, they happened at the same time, which eliminated any emotional punch this movie may have once had. Malcolm Bartley, (Macdonald Carey) Arthur's dad had great hopes for his son and he found out that his son was failing in Biology Classes and had straight A's in all his other subjects. The script, by Edith Sommer and director Philip Dunne, hasn't been reworked from stage to screen, with the stilted dialogue exchanges not flowing in a realistic manner. They're afraid to tell their parents (remember--this was 1959), abortion is against the law and they're too young to get married.

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17 out of 24 found this helpful. what a good little actress she was.would have loved to see her in more films.

3 out of 10 found this helpful. Things are just about the way they were for young people at the time just before choice. I highly recommend "Blue Denim" as I pursue my journey to find such a place where values and principles of dignity are still practiced.

The Broadway play was quite powerful. Another problem with the film lies in the casting of the leads: Brandon de Wilde looks too young and too puny in stature next to Carol Lynley (probably a teenager but looking a lot older with her large face and small features). So...what will they do? The Production Code was still in firm control of movie-making in 1959, but "Blue Denim" really stretched the limits in its story of teenage pregnancy.


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Brandon De Wilde clearly just 16 or 17 is quite puppy-fat terrific as the handsome nice boy with the Patty Duke Show style parents, but it is Carol Lynley who acts everyone else off the screen. We don't see this type of acting today. Was this review helpful?

Trouble in Ozzie & Harriet-land: moody suburban teenager begins an awkward sweetheart-relationship with the pretty blonde bobbysoxer down the street and, after a couple of tender embraces, we learn she is three months pregnant.

Blue Denim: Good dinner - See 117 traveler reviews, 77 candid photos, and great deals for Greensboro, NC, at Tripadvisor. 89 minutes. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances

I know, given up to relative as a child in the fifties, I spent part of my life helping teenagers in distress until the problem got overwhelming.

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