All That Heaven Allows

film by Sirk [1955]

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discussed in biography
- In Douglas Sirk: From All That Heaven Allows to Imitation of Life
  With the glossy All That Heaven Allows (1955), Sirk again found plenty of room for his carefully heightened embellishments, creating another work that was hugely popular with contemporary audiences. It later would be championed by a wide range of critics, as would Written on the Wind (1956), which…
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Hudson
- In Rock Hudson
  …and stylized “women’s pictures,” including All That Heaven Allows (1955) and Written on the Wind (1956). Hudson’s best film role is considered to be that of an earnest, old-fashioned Texas cattle baron in Giant (1956), for which he received an Academy Award nomination. By the end of the 1950s, Hudson…
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Wyman
- In Jane Wyman
  …The Glass Menagerie (1950) and All That Heaven Allows (1955).
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