The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone

This picture grows better with age. Leigh was 48, and her husband, Olivier, had just left her for a younger woman. Beatty was 23, eager, ambitious, and sincerely wanting to change his image after SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS. Based on Tennessee Williams's only novel, the screenplay by Lambert became far more explicit in many ways than the subtle, short book. The film preserves many of Williams's bon mots, some of which went right over the heads of the movie's detractors.

Leigh is a fading actress who has just failed in a role more appropriate for a younger woman. She decides that it's time for a vacation in Europe. Her wealthy husband sickens and dies on the way to Ita...