<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $4 million (US / Canada) </Td> </Tr> <P> Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 Technicolor drama film that tells a story of a teenage girl navigating her feelings of sexual repression, love, and heartbreak . Written by William Inge, who appears briefly as a Protestant clergyman and who won an Oscar for his screenplay, the film was directed by Elia Kazan and features a score by jazz composer David Amram . </P> <P> In Kansas in 1928: Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis (Natalie Wood) is a teenage girl who follows her mother's advice to resist her desire for sex with her boyfriend Bud Stamper (Warren Beatty), the son of one of the more prosperous families in town . In turn, Bud reluctantly follows the advice of his father Ace (Pat Hingle), who suggests that he find another kind of girl with whom to satisfy his desires . </P>

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