The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond

Synopsis: A young socialite is caught up in a series of lies and accusations when a priceless diamond goes missing. Based on the play by Tennessee Williams. USA - 2009 - TV14

The daughter of a plantation owner falls in love with a poor store worker.

The trailer for The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond. A young and rebellious socialite Fisher Willow, tainted by a family scandal, boldly hires farm hand Jimmy Dobyne to be her escort for the elaborate party season. As her passion for Jimmy grows, Fisher defies social convention and the burden of history to risk everything for a chance at real love... until the loss of a priceless diamond sets off a series of accusations and betrayals that threaten to shatter their hopes for the future. With his indelible characters and breathtaking Southern backdrops, Williams paints a heartbreaking tale of seduction and loss.

Widely considered the most important American playwright of the post-WWII, era, Williams wrote the TEARDROP DIAMOND screenplay at the height of his late-1950 s heyday, amid such classic plays, (which themselves were adapted into classic films), as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly, Last Summer, Sweet Bird of Youth, and Orpheus Descending. Set in the Roaring Twenties in the town of Memphis, the film tells the story of Fisher Willow (Howard) a headstrong young heiress who chafes under the constraints of proper Southern society, and who rebels by asking the impoverished but handsome son of her father s caretaker, Jimmy Dobyne (Evans), to escort her to the major social events of the season. The relationship is purely a business arrangement at the outset, with Fisher paying for Jimmy s time and attention, but when she discovers that she really loves him, she finds it impossible to re-write the rules and earn the affection she tried to buy. Howard s ability to evoke the dueling strength and fragility of this quintessential Williams heroine, along with her stunning mastery of his lush, poetic language, firmly establish her as one of the best actresses of her generation, and place her Fisher Willow in a pantheon of performances that includes Vivien Leigh s Blanche DuBois, Elizabeth Taylor s Maggie the Cat, Anna Magnani s Serafina delle Rose, and Geraldine Page s Alexandra Del Lago.

Widely considered the most important American playwright of the post-WWII era, Williams wrote the 'Teardrop Diamond' screenplay at the height of his late-50's heyday, amid such classic plays, (which themselves were adapted into classic films) as 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' 'Suddenly, Last Summer,' 'Sweet Bird of Youth,' and 'Orpheus Descending.' Set in the Roaring Twenties in Williams' (and Markell's) home town of Memphis, the film tells the story of Fisher Willow (Howard) a headstrong young heiress who chafes under the constraints of proper Southern society, and who rebels by asking the impoverished but handsome son of her father's caretaker, Jimmy Dobyne, (Evans) to escort her to the major social events of the season. The relationship is purely a business arrangement at the outset, with Fisher paying for Jimmy's time and attention, but when she discovers that she really loves him, she finds it impossible to re-write the rules and earn the affection she tried to buy.