Splendor in the Grass (1961)






The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.


Books with substantial mentioning of Splendor in the Grass


David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Lawrence J. Quirk
The Films of Warren Beatty
Secaucus, N.J., 1979