89 minute running time so the right length… Douglas Sirk wasn’t gay, but Ross Hunter (the producer) was and always demanded a hankie picture … anyway I liked this one from 1955 … issues of class and age and sex explored, in Technicolor! Mrs. Ronald Reagan was a great actress, much more talented than Roy Scherer … nice to see the rich, WASPy townsfolk portrayed as the petty, awful people that they usually are … and those thankless, spoiled children … I’m a big fan of Sirk, this gets a green-go.