From the Terrace
by Mark Robson
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Actor: Ina Balin, Joanne Woodward, Leon Ames, Myrna Loy, Paul NewmanDirector: Mark Robson
Brand: TCFHE
Cinematographer: Leo Tover
Producer: Mark Robson
Editor: Dorothy Spencer
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Writer: John O'Hara
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 149 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of From the Terrace
Movie Review: Wonderful movie about life, love, marriage, and true happiness.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this movie on a whim. I'm a big Paul Newman fan (who isn't?) and when I read the synopsis, it really caught my interest.
Paul Newman play Alfred Eaton who comes home from the war to broken home of degrading father and drunk mother (Myrna Loy). Desperate to get out, he and his friend decide to go into business together. Alfred's soul purpose is to make money, he wants a life of luxury, far away from the coal mining town he grew up in.
Shortly into the film Alfred meets Mary St. John (Joanne Woodward), she comes from an extremely rich family and is engaged. Knowing this does not stop Alfred from pursuing Mary, and eventually she gives into him, convinces her father he's a good match, and they marry. The one thing the couple agrees upon is that they want Alfred to succeed and make something of himself. Money is important, and Mary wants a husband of substance.
When the plane building business that Alfred has dreamed up doesn't quite work out for him, he's invited into the corporate world. This job is rich and fully lucrative, however, it keeps Alfred away from home weeks and months at time. His marriage suffers from this, and Mary ends up having affairs.
Alfred stays true to his wife, though he knows that his marriage is falling apart. And it's only until late in the film that he meets Natalie, daughter of a Coal Mine owner, that he truly realizes he is unhappy in his life. Natalie is played my Ina Balin, she is fresh-faced and sweet to watch. Alfred and Natalie's love grows slowly, and I felt myself caring for both characters.
The music fits the movie perfectly and I swooned a lot while watching it. It's bit soap-opera like but if you're interested in a classic romance, it's a good way to go. The actors are refining and Paul Newman is enjoyable to look at, of course.
Summary of From the Terrace
Paul Newman portrays a young man whose struggle for success threatens his personal happiness, in this well-scripted screen version of John O'Hara's best-selling novel. Having never known his father's love or respect, Alfred Eaton (Newman) sets out to prove himself in the business world. Marrying the "right" woman (Joanne Woodward), he works unceasingly, but is ultimately confronted with crises and choices that force him to rethink his priorities. Co-starring Myrna Loy as Alfred's alcoholic mother, Leon Ames as his embittered father, and Ina Balin as the woman who might bring him genuine happiness, From The Terrace is an absorbing tale of ambition, power and love fueled by sharp dialogue, complex characterizations and keen insight into the human heart.From the Terrace is one of Paul Newman's lesser-known films, but it's a worthy showcase for the actor's developing screen persona. Like Butterfield 8, this is a slick, prestigious adaptation of a John O'Hara novel, about loose morals and forbidden love among the wealthy elite. Director Mark Robson lacks the mastery of melodrama that Douglas Sirk would've brought to this material, but he's still on target with O'Hara's tale of a prodigal son (Newman) who rejects his late father's steel mill in favor of big-business conquest, only to find his trophy wife (superbly played by Newman's off-screen wife, Joanne Woodward) straying into the arms of her former fianc?, while he falls in love with a socialite (Ina Balin) with whom he's much more compatible. A well-tuned drama of marital discord and unchecked ambition, From the Terrace was sharply adapted by Ernest Lehman between the triumphs of North by Northwest and West Side Story, and Newman's brooding performance gave him a solid boost to his iconic role in the 1961 classic The Hustler. --Jeff Shannon
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