Separate Tables (1958) | Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth

Separate Tables (1958) | Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth | Watch the pros work and Love every minute of it

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	Separate Tables (1958) Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth MGM (Video & DVD), 1997 average customer review:based on 28 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Terence Rattigan's pair of one-act plays are deftly woven together into this intelligent, handsome drama, a kind of somber Grand Hotel of lonely and repressed lives at a British seaside hotel in the dreary off-season. David Niven and Wendy Hiller earned well-deserved Oscars for their subdued turns, as a blustery old warhorse hiding a guilty secret and the efficient hotel proprietress, respectively. Burt Lancaster is the alcoholic American whose secret affair with Hiller is complicated when his former wife (Rita Hayworth) breezes in and reopens old emotional wounds, and Deborah Kerr is a mousy woman whose secret love for Niven is shattered by scandal. Director Daniel Mann (Marty) remains true to the good manners and quiet desperation that keeps these sad souls isolated at separate tables. He gracefully floats between the two dramas and patiently allows his repressed characters to open up and reveal their true feelings in their own quiet fashion. --Sean Axmaker

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Stands the test of time

A thoughtful and sensitive movie which stands the test of time. Superb performances from a stellar cast including David Niven and Burt Lancaster. Well worth revisiting. It's a pity there weren't any extras featured apart from an audio commentary. Good quality reproduction.

Watch the pros work and Love every minute of it

If you are a "movie buff", then this is for you. This movie is a "classic" in every sense of the word, and should be towards the
top of your "must see" list.

Separate Tables

A wonderful cast performing to near perfection. Burt Lancaster and Rita Hayworth are superb as is David Niven as the shy, lonely introvert who creates an artificial persona diametrically opposed to his reality. The "Major" is a caricature but played so that one is unsure of how deeply he is a phony. When exposed Niven plays heroically.

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Fantastic Drawing Room Drama

I'm surprised this film isn't currently in print because to me it's indispensible. Where to begin. If Oscars were given for ensembles the cast of "Separate Tables" would go to the front of the line. You can't debate the Oscars awarded David Niven and Wendy Hiller but the revelation to my mind is Rita Hayworth. It may be a case of diminished expectations but Hayworth punches holes in her glamour queen persona. The script has a keen understanding for the impulses of the human heart, it's loneliness and fears alike. Despite the film's stage origins Director Delbert Mann keeps the film from feeling stagy. Undisputed classic.

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