Film Viewing Alert – Love With The Proper Stranger (1963)

TONIGHT! - 7/10 Thursday TCM @ 8:00 PM -- Love With The Proper Stranger (1963)

Length: 102 min.
Color: B&W
Aspect Ration: 1.85:1

Dir. Robert Mulligan (also directed To Kill A Mockingbird 1962)

DP: Milton R. Krasner

Among the many films, Mr. Krasner also shot are –

THREE COINS IN A FOUNTAIN 1954
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH 1955

Mr. Krasner won the Oscar for best cinematography (color) for THREE COINS IN A FOUNTAIN. Back then there were two cinematography Oscars – Color & B&W. See Cinema History Note (CHN) below.

THREE COINS IN A FOUNTAIN helped put Rome on the tourism map for Americans.
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LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER is an important film for several significant factors –

1. It’s a beautiful love story that unabashedly explores elements of life that confront many young people, namely “one-night-stands” of casual sex, resulting unwelcome pregnancy and abortion, something of a bold cinematic theme for 1963 (10 years before Roe v. Wade).

2. Outstanding performances by the entire cast lead by Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen.

3. High pedigree of recognition - nominated for five Academy Awards for:
▪ Best Actress in a Leading Role (Natalie Wood)
▪ Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Black-and-White (see CHN below)
▪ Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Milton R. Krasner)
▪ Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (see CHN below)
▪ Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen.

Cinema History Note (CHN): 1939–1966 separate Academy Awards were presented for films in color and films in Black & White in the following categories: Cinematography, Art Direction and Costume Design.

For a list of all nominees and winners for Cinematography from 1928 – 2007, visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography

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