Who is Brad Stubbs in Magnificent Obsession / Weekend with Father?

Van Heflin plays Brad Stubbs in the film.

What is Magnificent Obsession / Weekend with Father about?

MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, 1954, Universal, 108 min. Director Douglas Sirk’s most outlandish melodrama finds Rock Hudson as a playboy who blinds a widow (Jane Wyman) in a boating accident and consequently becomes a surgeon so he can restore Wyman’s sight! Somehow Sirk transcends genre, achieving a baroque surrealism. WEEKEND WITH FATHER, 1951, Universal, 83 min. Douglas Sirk always touched on family dynamics, and here we see his comic touch with middle-aged romance between single parents. When Van Heflin drops his daughters at the train on their way to camp, he meets Patricia Neal, there for the same reason with her young boys.

Magnificent Obsession / Weekend with Father

Name: Magnificent Obsession / Weekend with Father
Genre: Comedy,Drama

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Who directed Magnificent Obsession / Weekend with Father?: Douglas Sirk

Who is Brad Stubbs in Magnificent Obsession / Weekend with Father?: Van Heflin plays Brad Stubbs in the film.

What is Magnificent Obsession / Weekend with Father about?: MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, 1954, Universal, 108 min. Director Douglas Sirk’s most outlandish melodrama finds Rock Hudson as a playboy who blinds a widow (Jane Wyman) in a boating accident and consequently becomes a surgeon so he can restore Wyman’s sight! Somehow Sirk transcends genre, achieving a baroque surrealism.

WEEKEND WITH FATHER, 1951, Universal, 83 min. Douglas Sirk always touched on family dynamics, and here we see his comic touch with middle-aged romance between single parents. When Van Heflin drops his daughters at the train on their way to camp, he meets Patricia Neal, there for the same reason with her young boys.