Tea and Sympathy - Warner Archive Collection

When MGM premiered the film TEA AND SYMPATHY in 1956, The New York Times' mercurial film reviewer Bosley Crowther raved that the film was "Strong and sensitive", and went on to praise the excellence of director Vincente Minnelli's adaptation of the Broadway play upon which this film was based. Homosexuality was a taboo subject in 1956 Hollywood. So it was a challenge for screenwriter Robert Anderson to adapt his hit Broadway play about a sensitive prep schooler called "sister boy" by his peers and the lovely housemaster's wife who realizes she must offer more than tea and sympathy to help the boy prove his manhood. The frankness may be muted, but the power remains in this stellar film. Under Minnelli's distinguished direction, Deborah Kerr and John Kerr reprise their Broadway roles as the older woman and the younger man in poignant performances that reveal the compassion and the torment of being human. Their stage co-star Leif Erickson joins them in counterpoint as the emotionally clenched housemaster. Now beautifully remastered from a 4K scan of the original CinemaScope camera negative, one of Minnelli's very best dramas arrives on Blu-ray in pristine form.

Special features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
• CinemaScope cartoon DOWN BEAT BEAR
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature