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1 - 1 of 1 1 Comments RlrBladeMan 160 Fri Oct 3 2008 22:28:38 Kim Novak then a young Columbia Pictures Contract Player was signed to play Madge in the film version of William Inge's great Broadway Play "Picnic" and Kim Novak became after the film's release the biggest movie star in the World! Few if any have been more beautiful on screen than Kim Novak in this Josh Logan directed film. Mr. Logan staged the dance sequence brilliantly and to this day it enraptures all who see it... Kim Novak and Bill Holden are so great that one wonders why they were never re-teamed in another movie. Kim Novak runs away with this picture and along with Bill Holden, able support is given by Cliff Roberston, Susan Strasberg, and a great turn by Roz Russell as the old maid School Teacher who finds love in the arms of Arthur O Connell.( Miss Russell was offered a chance to be submitted to be considered by the Oscars for "best supporting actress' but Roz- ever the star- declined. James Wong Howe one of the master craftsman of Hollywood photographed this film capturing the small Kansas town atmospher and the scene where Kim Novak is announced is Queen is startling...has anyone ever been more beautiful on screen? Kudos to Bill Holden, Roz Russell, and also to cinmatographer James Wong Howe, Harry Cohn, and to Josh Logan on a great picture but it is Kim Novak's movie all the way. A true Movie Star! and her impact on Columbia was such that the Studio has a Theatre on its Lot in Culver City named after Miss Novak. [Report]

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