Trivia / A Place in the Sun

• Creator's Favorite Episode: Shelley Winters considered this to be her best work.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Shelley Winters dyed her hair brown for the film.
• Method Acting: Montgomery Clift readied himself for his climactic sequence by spending a night locked in the San Quentin Penitentiary death house.
• Playing Against Type: Shelley Winters, at the time best known for playing sexpots, as a dowdy shrew.
• The Red Stapler: Elizabeth Taylor's "White lilac" gown became a fashion sensation and sold many copies and patterns.
• Those Two Actors: This is one of three films, the other two being Raintree County and Suddenly, Last Summer, that Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift starred in.
• What Could Have Been: George Stevens thought that Gloria Grahame would be perfect for the role of Alice and personally called her to play the part. However, Howard Hughes refused to loan her out from RKO Pictures.

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