Picnic - William Holden blows into town(well he hitches a ride on a train)- the Owens sisters Madge(Kim Novak) and Millie both like him at first sight- a classic pretty sister/smart sister combo - of course Holden is smitten with Novak at first sight- and of course Madge is dating his best friend from college(Cliff Robertson)- The m interesting relationship in the film is between Rosiland Russell as an old maid teacher and her boyfriend.While she takes her bf for granted she suddenly realizes that she needs him. Holden was 37 when he made this film- he felt that he was too old for his role and while he was right- he looked like Cliff Robertson's father more than his frat brother- he was riveting in this movie- although he had trouble keeping his shirt on.This is an interesting look at female roles in society and had some neat scenes of Americana- with the picnic scenes with the games and families and shenanigans.Parts of this movie seem quaint and some lines of dialogue seem out of place coming out of the miscast William Holden's mouth- but I enjoyed this movie
