What is All that Heaven Allows / The First Legion about?

Name: All that Heaven Allows / The First Legion
Genre: Drama,Romance

ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, 1955, Universal, 89 min. Jane Wyman, a lonely, upper middle class widow, finds herself falling-in-love with her gardener, Rock Hudson. Director Douglas Sirk skewers the cultural barriers we set up for ourselves. One of the most subversive love stories of 20th century cinema. THE FIRST LEGION, 1951, 86 min. When Jesuit Charles Boyer's terminally ill superior (H. B. Warner) makes a sudden recovery, the institution’s other clerics believe it’s a miracle. Skeptical Boyer soon learns what spurred Warner’s recovery but is unable to reveal it due to the seal of the confessional. Director Douglas Sirk’s film is a penetrating, often humorous study of the nature of faith.

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What is All that Heaven Allows / The First Legion about?: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, 1955, Universal, 89 min. Jane Wyman, a lonely, upper middle class widow, finds herself falling-in-love with her gardener, Rock Hudson. Director Douglas Sirk skewers the cultural barriers we set up for ourselves. One of the most subversive love stories of 20th century cinema.

THE FIRST LEGION, 1951, 86 min. When Jesuit Charles Boyer's terminally ill superior (H. B. Warner) makes a sudden recovery, the institution’s other clerics believe it’s a miracle. Skeptical Boyer soon learns what spurred Warner’s recovery but is unable to reveal it due to the seal of the confessional. Director Douglas Sirk’s film is a penetrating, often humorous study of the nature of faith.