Summer Romances

Summer Romances

9 Episodes

Temperatures and passions sizzle in these scorching summertime tales of desire—the sultry cinematic equivalents of a perfect beach read. Built around the electric chemistry of gorgeous golden-age Hollywood stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift (A PLACE IN THE SUN), Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck (ROMAN HOLIDAY), and Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty (SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS), these by turns aching, breezy, steamy, and tragic romances capture both the life-changing power and fleeting escapism of summer love.

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Summer Romances

9 Episodes

  • Summer Romances Teaser
    00:57
    Summer Romances Teaser
    Episode 1

    Summer Romances Teaser

    Episode 1

  • A Place in the Sun
    2:02:02
    A Place in the Sun
    Episode 2

    A Place in the Sun

    Episode 2

    Directed by George Stevens • 1951 • United States
    Starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters

    Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor make for one of the most swoon-inducing screen couples of the 1950s in this deluxe, multi-Oscar-winning adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s AN AMERICA...

  • Roman Holiday
    1:58:15
    Roman Holiday
    Episode 3

    Roman Holiday

    Episode 3

    Directed by William Wyler • 1953 • United States
    Starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert

    Audrey Hepburn shot to stardom with her Academy Award–winning performance in this romantic-comedy classic. While on an official visit to Rome, an adventure-seeking princess (Hepburn) slips away f...

  • Splendor in the Grass
    2:03:59
    Splendor in the Grass
    Episode 4

    Splendor in the Grass

    Episode 4

    Directed by Elia Kazan • 1961 • United States
    Starring Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle

    Elia Kazan’s delirious drama of sexual repression stars Natalie Wood (in one of her finest performances) and Warren Beatty (smoldering in his film debut) as two teenage lovers in 1928 Kansas whose inte...

  • Gidget
    1:35:34
    Gidget
    Episode 5

    Gidget

    Episode 5

    Directed by Paul Wendkos • 1959 • United States
    Starring Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson

    The wholesome, fun-in-the-sun ’50s classic that launched a wave of sequels and an entire subgenre of beach-party movies stars winsome Sandra Dee as the spirited titular teenager, who’s searching fo...

  • The Sandpiper
    1:57:00
    The Sandpiper
    Episode 6

    The Sandpiper

    Episode 6

    Directed by Vincente Minnelli • 1965 • United States
    Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint

    Ultimate celebrity power couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton bring their supernova star power to this spectacularly sudsy romance coscripted by formerly blacklisted screenwriter...

  • Summertime
    1:40:41
    Summertime
    Episode 7

    Summertime

    Episode 7

    Directed by David Lean • 1955 • United States, United Kingdom
    Starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin

    With this sublimely bittersweet tale of romantic longing, director David Lean left behind the British soundstage to capture in radiant Technicolor the sun-splashed glory of Ve...

  • Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
    2:04:10
    Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
    Episode 8

    Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

    Episode 8

    Directed by Albert Lewin • 1951 • United States
    Starring James Mason, Ava Gardner

    This timeless romance based on the legend of the Flying Dutchman features sumptuous color cinematography by Jack Cardiff. Ava Gardner, one of the most beautiful screen goddesses of all time, plays Pandora, a wom...

  • Summer with Monika
    1:37:55
    Summer with Monika
    Episode 9

    Summer with Monika

    Episode 9

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1953 • Sweden
    Starring Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg

    Inspired by the earthy eroticism of Harriet Andersson, in the first of her many roles for him, Ingmar Bergman had a major international breakthrough with this sensual and ultimately ravaging tale of young love. A ...

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