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.
26 September 1912, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 June 1929, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
3 March 1934, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
22 May 1934, Chicago, Illinois, USA
July 13, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA
8 September 1900, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
27 February 1915, Cheney, Washington, USA
2 October 1917, New York City, New York, USA
14 January 1892, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
6 August 1904, Arkansas, USA
9 July 1900, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 May 1921, Canton, Ohio, USA
4 November 1884, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
March 23, 1896 in Loveland, Colorado, USA
16 March 1897, Keokuk, Iowa, USA
6 January 1906
9 December 1931, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 March 1917, Los Angeles, California, USA
March 23, 1911 in New York City, New York, USA
19 November 1905, New York City, New York, USA
17 November 1925, Winnetka, Illinois, USA
August 31, 1902 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
August 31, 1902 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
28 August 1915, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
23 June 1915, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 October 1904, Manhattan, New York, USA
23 October 1910, Brooklyn, New York, USA
July 20, 1885 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA
27 March 1931, Naponee, Nebraska, USA
June 9, 1903 in Tucson, Arizona, USA
October 16, 2007
One of Sirk's finest films.
May 26, 2006
'Time, if anything, will vindicate Douglas Sirk,' wrote Andrew Sarris in 1968. He was right.
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 passage in which he describes the "mass of men living lives of quiet desperation," a summation of her life.
October 18, 2008
A classic and beautiful film for those who love romantic stories
September 04, 2004
A masterpiece (1955) by one of the most inventive and recondite directors ever to work in Hollywood, Douglas Sirk.
August 21, 2009
Sirk benefited immeasurably from the fact that the chief subject of his crazy cinema was postwar America.
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.
March 25, 2006
Solid and sensible drama plainly had to give way to outright emotional bulldozing and a paving of easy clichés.
October 16, 2007
Romance novel in narrative this transcends its genre with visual depth and perceptive socio-cultural insights.
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
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.
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 passion for the widow, what with pretty girls just spoilingfor his attention.

