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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 49-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Summer Pavilion
1955 0h 49m EN
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9.0
MASTERPIECE
★9.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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In an old Louisiana plantation, the furnishings and the once great family are fading fast.The matriarch desperately tries to hold on to the gazebo that's slated for destruction as part of a building project, as well as holding her daughter to an unwanted marriage, even though she loves the builder.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Miriam Hopkins
Theresa Durand
Charles Drake
Ned Welch
Elizabeth Montgomery
Helen Durand
Ruth White
Belle Travers
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Paul Nickell
- Writers
- Gore Vidal
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Paul Nickell directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 49-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 271 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Miriam Hopkins and Charles Drake and Elizabeth Montgomery carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0149209 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 49 min · 0h 49m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Paul Nickell
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1955-05-02
