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All That Heaven Allows
An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers.
















23 October 1910, Brooklyn, New York, USA

27 February 1915, Cheney, Washington, USA

3 March 1934, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

23 June 1929, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

9 December 1931, Los Angeles, California, USA

30 June 1905, Fresno, California, USA

14 January 1892, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

June 9, 1903 in Tucson, Arizona, USA

26 September 1912, Los Angeles, California, USA

5 February 1929, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

6 May 1921, Canton, Ohio, USA

16 March 1897, Keokuk, Iowa, USA

28 August 1915, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

2 October 1917, New York City, New York, USA

22 May 1934, Chicago, Illinois, USA

July 20, 1885 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA

17 July 1936, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

9 July 1900, Chicago, Illinois, USA

5 November 1899, Knightstown, Indiana, USA

5 January 1917, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

August 31, 1902 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

22 March 1917, Los Angeles, California, USA

March 23, 1896 in Loveland, Colorado, USA

7 February 1931, Glendale, California, USA

6 August 1904, Arkansas, USA



October 16, 2007
Romance novel in narrative this transcends its genre with visual depth and perceptive socio-cultural insights.
February 07, 2006
When Carey (Jane Wyman) first visits the Andersons, friends of Ron (Rock Hudson), Thoreau's Walden is placed on the table. She then reads a age in which he describes the "mass of men living lives of quiet desperation," a summation of her life.
May 26, 2006
'Time, if anything, will vindicate Douglas Sirk,' wrote Andrew Sarris in 1968. He was right.
August 21, 2009
Sirk benefited immeasurably from the fact that the chief subject of his crazy cinema was postwar America.
October 16, 2007
One of Sirk's finest films.
September 04, 2004
A masterpiece (1955) by one of the most inventive and recondite directors ever to work in Hollywood, Douglas Sirk.
October 18, 2008
A classic and beautiful film for those who love romantic stories
October 16, 2007
Hudson is handsome and somewhat wooden. Laconic of speech, and imbued with an angel's patience and understanding, it's at times hard to understand his ion for the widow, what with pretty girls just spoilingfor his attention.
August 03, 2014
Works as a straightforward melodrama, but is so meticulously crafted by a visual master that it provides endless material for those who wish to mine for deeper social commentary.
July 13, 2014
Proof that there is artistry and glory in a genre that never had to apologise for itself, not when it was this confident, beautiful, and good.
February 09, 2006
Beneath the stunningly lovely visuals -- all expressionist colours, reflections, and frames-within-frames, used to produce a precise symbolism -- lies a kernel of terrifying despair
March 25, 2006
Solid and sensible drama plainly had to give way to outright emotional bulldozing and a paving of easy clichés.