Tea and Sympathy 1956 Movie

Tom Lee is a sensitive boy of 17 whose lack of interest in the "manly" pursuits of sports, mountain climbing and girls labels him "sister-boy" at the college he is attending. Head master ... More details

Directors

Vincente Minnelli

Cast

Deborah Kerr John Kerr Leif Erickson

Tags

drama homophobia sister boy school mountain climbing tennis roommate gardening alumnus student reunion redheaded woman looking at oneself in a mirror war casualty wind overgrown garden bench novelist voice over letter recording author writer flash forward sex forest woods bicycle search letter tolerance self doubt surrogate mother loneliness humiliation prejudice bullying bully taunting birthday college dean suicide attempt school police school expulsion raincoat punched in the face knife radio listening to a radio prostitute window seat kiss pity older woman younger man relationship unrequited love 12 year old polo coat courage loss of husband widow 17 year old anniversary coffee drunkenness greeting card rain mirror baseball dance committee honeymoon marital problem tearing up a book book throwing a necktie necktie boston massachusetts walking apology music room record player listening to music rumor gossip love cigarette smoking pipe smoking letterman sweater tearing off someone's pajamas band stairway disappointment crying telephone call telephone pay phone machismo memory 18 year old rough house hazing pajamas folk singer maid drinking drink overheard conversation forget me not the flower horseplay haircut barber shop male camaraderie waitress ice cream sundae soda fountain crewcut conformity wrapped in a towel locker room reference to candida the stage play bloody nose spraying shaving lotion on a photoograph photograph binoculars nickname name calling college coach coach word game bare chested male arm wrestling college athlete football cooking knitting sewing swimsuit beach golf course golf convertible learning to dance teaching someone to dance school play amateur actor reference to school for scandal the play costume ex actress dance corsage peer pressure tea divorced parents garden flower divorce climbing out a window looking out a window whistling song singing singer guitar player guitar infidelity unfaithfulness flashback boarding school mother son relationship father son relationship male virgin virgin virginity loss of virginity teenage boy husband wife relationship teacher sexual awakening school life reflection preparatory school introvert homosexual forbidden love extramarital affair compassion coming of age masculinity gay defloration suspected homosexual war widow adultery bonfire first sexual experience based on play title spoken by character

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