Tea and Sympathy (Minnelli, 1956): Prince Charles Cinema, 6pm
This 35mm screening is part of the Funeral Parade Queer Film Society strand (you can find full details here) and will be introduced by Sarah Cleary.
Chicago Reader:
Dated and bowdlerized but nonetheless sincere, Vincente Minnelli’s 1956
‘Scope version of a Robert Anderson play—adapted by the author, with
Hays Office censorship—is about a persecuted, effeminate schoolboy taken
under the wing of an older woman, with John Kerr and Deborah Kerr (no
relation) re-creating their stage roles. The result may be less
memorable or celebrated than Minnelli’s other ‘Scope melodramas (The Cobweb, Home From the Hill, Some Came Running), but it’s still probably better than most contemporary movies.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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