Love Among the Ruins (film) explained

Director:	George Cukor
Starring:	Katharine Hepburn Laurence Olivier
Music:	John Barry
Country:	United States^[1]
Language:	English
Producer:	Allan Davis
Location:	St. Pancras Station, St. Pancras, London, England Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
Cinematography:	Douglas Slocombe
Editor:	John F. Burnett
Runtime:	103 minutes
Company:	ABC Circle Films
Network:	ABC

Love Among the Ruins is a 1975 American made-for-television romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier that premiered on ABC on March 6, 1975.^[2]

Plot

The story is set in 1911, at the end of the Edwardian period. Jessica Medlicott is an aging grande dame, formerly an actress of the London theatre, accused of having met, courted, promised marriage to, and then jilted and abandoned her suitor. The much-younger ex-fiancé then files suit, seeking £50,000 in damages for breach of promise. She retains the greatest barrister in the empire, Sir Arthur Granville-Jones, to defend her. He is incidentally also a man she seduced and abandoned 40 years earlier, but who has remained hopelessly in love with her ever since.

Cast

• Katharine Hepburn as Jessica Medlicott^[3]
• Laurence Olivier as Sir Arthur Granville-Jones
• Colin Blakely as J. F. Devine
• Richard Pearson as Druce
• Joan Sims as Fanny Pratt
• Leigh Lawson as Alfred Pratt
• Gwen Nelson as Hermione Davis
• Robert Harris as The Judge
• Peter Reeves as Maiden
• John Blythe as Tipstaff
• Arthur Hewlett as The Usher
• John Dunbar as Clerk of the Court
• Iain Sinclair as Pratt's Solicitor
• Mervyn Pascoe as 1st Barrister
• Colin Thomas as 2nd Barrister
• Lincoln Wright as 3rd Barrister
• Edward Arthur as 4th Barrister
• John Bromley as 5th Barrister
• Leslie Southwick as 6th Barrister
• Stanley Platts as Foreman of the Jury
• Philip Lennard as 1st Reporter
• Peter Lund as 2nd Reporter
• Frank Forsyth as Jessop
• John G. Heller as Head Waiter
• Rosamond Burne as 1st Woman Spectator
• Coral Fairweather as 2nd Woman Spectator
• Jacqueline Clarke as Miss Pratt
• T. C. Hogan as Teplow

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Name	Result
	Peabody Award	Area of Excellence - ABC Theatre	Love Among the Ruins
		Outstanding Special - Drama or Comedy	Love Among the Ruins
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy	George Cukor
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy	Katharine Hepburn
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy	Laurence Olivier
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay	James Costigan
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design	Margaret Furse
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design	Carmen Dillon (art director)
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design	Tessa Davies (set decorator)

See also

• List of British films of 1975

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160818045801/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6af36f59 Love Among the Ruins
2. Web site: Erickson . Hal . Hal Erickson (author). Love Among the Ruins . AllMovie. 2016-09-14.
3. Web site: Love Among the Ruins . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818045801/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6af36f59 . dead . August 18, 2016 . . . 2016-09-14.