All I Desire
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All I Desire an early exercise in Douglas Sirk Baroque, is set at the turn of the century. Long divorced from her husband Richard Carlson, itinerant actress Barbara Stanwyck returns to her home town to watch her daughter perform in a high school play. Stanwyck decides to turn over a new leaf and devote herself to the daughter she's never known. This she finds next to impossible, thanks to ugly small-town gossip attending her return. The film was obviously building up to an unhappy ending, but producer Ross Hunter intervened, tacking on an unbelievably upbeat denouement. This artistic outrage evidently didn't hurt Hunter's relationship with director Douglas Sirk, inasmuch as the two would continue to successfully collaborate in the future. All I Desire is based on a novel by Carol Brink. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Barbara Stanwyck - Naomi Murdoch
- Richard Carlson - Henry Murdoch
- Lyle Bettger - Dutch Heinemann
- Marcia Henderson - Joyce Murdoch
- Maureen O'Sullivan - Sara Harper
- Lori Nelson - Lily Murdoch
Credit
Alexander Golitzen - Art Director, Bernard Herzbrun - Art Director, Kenny Williams - Choreography, Rosemary Odell - Costume Designer, Douglas Sirk - Director, Miton Carruth - Editor, Joseph E. Gershenson - Composer (Music Score), Henry Mancini - Composer (Music Score), Herman Stein - Composer (Music Score), Joseph E. Gershenson - Musical Direction/Supervision, Carl Guthrie - Cinematographer, Ross Hunter - Producer, Russell A. Gausman - Set Designer, Julia Heron - Set Designer, Robert Blees - Screenwriter, James Gunn - Screenwriter, Gina Kaus - Screenwriter, Carol Ryrie Brink - Book Author| All Hat (2007 Film), All Hands on Deck (1961 Film) | |
| All I Wanna Do (1998 Film), All I Want (2002 Film) |
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| Directed by | Douglas Sirk |
| Produced by | Ross Hunter |
| Written by | Carol Ryrie Brink (novel) Robert Blees James Gunn Gina Kaus |
| Starring | Barbara Stanwyck Richard Carlson |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 25, 1953 |
| Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
All I Desire is a 1953 drama film starring Barbara Stanwyck as an actress who returns to visit her husband and children after having run off with another man years before. It is based on the novel Stopover by Carol Ryrie Brink.
Plot
Naomi Murdoch abandons her husband and children in Wyoming, setting off to become an actress and also to flee from an aggressive former suitor, Dutch Heineman. She decides to return 10 years later at the invitation of daughter Lily, who is appearing in a school play and about to graduate.
Lily is delighted, as are townspeople who mistakenly believe Naomi has become a great success on stage. But her schoolteacher husband Henry is unsure how he feels about Naomi being back, as is daughter Joyce, still bitter about her mother's long absence.
At the school play, Dutch can't take his eyes off Naomi. A teacher, Sara Harper, now loves Henry but can tell he still has feelings for his long-absent wife.
Dutch turns up when Naomi goes for a horseback ride with Joyce and boyfriend Russ. To fend him off, Naomi uses a whip, but while her son Ted helps take Dutch to a doctor, he fears his mother might have had a romantic rendezvous arranged with Dutch that day.
Everyone agrees it would be better if Naomi went away. Lily wants to go along, in order to become a famed actress like her mother, whereupon Naomi confesses that her career has actually been a failure. Henry can see from Dutch's wounds that Naomi wanted nothing more to do with him. He prevents Naomi from leaving, wanting to give their life together another try.
Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck as Naomi Murdoch
- Richard Carlson as Henry Murdoch
- Lyle Bettger as Dutch Heineman
- Marcia Henderson as Joyce Murdoch
- Lori Nelson as Lily Murdoch
- Maureen O'Sullivan as Sara Harper
- Richard Long as Russ Underwood
- Billy Gray as Ted Murdoch
- Dayton Lummis as Col. Underwood
- Lotte Stein as Lena Maria Svenson
- Fred Nurney as Hans Peterson
External links
- All I Desire at the Internet Movie Database
- All I Desire at the TCM Movie Database
- All I Desire at AllRovi
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