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In this film, a voiceover of one child promising to marry another accompanies one of those characters reminiscing about her childhood while visiting a lakeside. The screenplay for this film was based on a Robert Wilder novel inspired by the death of Zachary Smith Reynolds. At the beginning of this film, wind blows the pages of a calendar book backwards to reflect the beginning of a flashback. (-5[1])At the end of this film, (*) Marylee breaks down while holding a phallic figurine of an oil derrick as a large portrait of her (10[1])father (10[1])holding the same figurine dominates the wall behind her. That role earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy (-5[1])Malone. The protagonist of this film is caught in a love triangle between his wealthy best friend Kyle Hadley and Kyle’s wife while working as a geologist for Kyle’s father. For 10 points, Rock Hudson and Lauren Bacall star in what 1956 Douglas Sirk film about a dysfunctional Texas oil family? (0[2])■END■

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