Alison (Carol Lynley) from the first movie has her book being picked up to be published. She goes to NY to talk to publisher Lewis Jackman (Jeff Chandler). Even though he's older she falls in love much to the alarm of her mother Connie (Eleanor Parker). Roberta Carter (Mary Astor) is thrilled when her son (Brett Halsey) comes home from college...but is upset that he has a wife (Luciana Paluzzi). Selena Cross (Tuesday Weld) meets "cute" with Swedish ski instructor Nils (Gunnar Hellstrom) but her past comes back to haunt her.
Just dreadful sequel. The book was bad too but this movie is even worse! It makes bewildering changes, some characters are left out completely and it ends with plenty of loose ends dangling. It starts out great with Rosemary Clooney singing but quickly falls apart. Bad acting doesn't help. Lynley (who was a wonderful actress) gives a lousy performance as Alison (although the terrible script doesn't help). Chandler is (to be nice) totally bland as her love interest. The scenes between them working on her book are boring and drag. Halsey is handsome and Paluzzi is beautiful but both give bad performances. Hellstrom is good but disappears and reappears with alarming infrequency. Also the story has a strange jokey attitude that's totally at odds with the material. Badly directed by Jose Ferrer too.
So why am I giving it two stars? There are three reasons--Eleanor Parker (a VERY underrated actress) is great as Connie; Tuesday Weld (another underrated actress) is affecting as Selena; Astor is just incredible as Roberta. She single handedly brings this movie to life. There are a handful of OK sequences and there is a great town meeting at the end. But, all in all, this is badly cast, deadly dull and not worth seeing at all.
Just dreadful sequel. The book was bad too but this movie is even worse! It makes bewildering changes, some characters are left out completely and it ends with plenty of loose ends dangling. It starts out great with Rosemary Clooney singing but quickly falls apart. Bad acting doesn't help. Lynley (who was a wonderful actress) gives a lousy performance as Alison (although the terrible script doesn't help). Chandler is (to be nice) totally bland as her love interest. The scenes between them working on her book are boring and drag. Halsey is handsome and Paluzzi is beautiful but both give bad performances. Hellstrom is good but disappears and reappears with alarming infrequency. Also the story has a strange jokey attitude that's totally at odds with the material. Badly directed by Jose Ferrer too.
So why am I giving it two stars? There are three reasons--Eleanor Parker (a VERY underrated actress) is great as Connie; Tuesday Weld (another underrated actress) is affecting as Selena; Astor is just incredible as Roberta. She single handedly brings this movie to life. There are a handful of OK sequences and there is a great town meeting at the end. But, all in all, this is badly cast, deadly dull and not worth seeing at all.