by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
Based on a novel by Sloan Wilson, this melodrama caused a stir in the late '50s for its racy look at marital infidelity and forbidden teenage love. The turmoil takes place in a beautiful summer cottage on the coast of Maine. The title theme song became a chart-topping hit.
characteristics
- Adulterer
- Infidelity
- Adultery
- Extramarital-affair
- Forbidden-love
- Old-flame
- Teen
- Vacation Romances
- Divorce
- Mothers And Daughters
- Lovers Reunited
- First Love
- Romantic
- Romance
- Beach-house
