Love and Other Sorrows
56m
Running Time
Plot.
A drama, set in St. Louis in 1950, concerning an American family and the first courtship and sexual awakening of the teenage son. Ben Griffin lives with his widowed mother and beautiful 22-year-old sister, Dodie. The restoration of the family's affluence seems to hinge on Dodie's romances and hoped-for-marriage to a wealthy husband. But Dodie's ambivalence toward the rich and eligible Sonny confuses and upsets Ben. He wants to trust and believe in love, but worries that he may never find a girl to understand his romantic ideals.
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Cast & Crew.

Elizabeth Franz
Mother

Haviland Morris
Dodie Griffin

Stephen Mailer
Ben

Christopher Collet
Preston

Tim Ransom
Joel

Sheila Ball
Eleanor

Spencer Garrett
Sonny Brewster

Frank Simpson
Coach Mackyz

Dick Goldberg
Writer

Talia Paul
Mary Ann

Steve Gomer
Director

Karen Mulhern
Sylvia

Ed Lynch
Cinematography

Pam Wise
Editor

Cynthia Flynt
Costume Design
