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The Truth About Spring
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Wikipedia article
'The Truth about Spring' (also known as 'The Pirates of Spring Cove' or 'Miss Jude') is a 1965 American-British Technicolor adventure film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hayley Mills, John Mills and James MacArthur. It is a romantic comedy adventure. It was released by Universal.TRUTH ABOUT SPRING, The
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 32, Iss. 372, (Jan 1, 1965): 96.
Plot
Spring lives with her father aboard a run-down sail boat in the Florida Keys. She has lived a simple, carefree, and isolated life. She has never felt desire or love until William Ashton joins them for a zany adventure involving buried treasure. Ashton, who is from a wealthy Philadelphia family and graduated from Harvard Law School, comes aboard the 'Sarah Tyler' for some fishing. Instead, he becomes involved in a modern-day pirate adventure. He falls in love with Spring and envies her simple and honest lifestyle. Spring initially dislikes Ashton a variation of 'Pride and Prejudice' where boy meets girl and girl hates boy. By the end of the film, no treasure is found but Spring realizes she loves Ashton. Against all sense of propriety, he asks her to marry him.
Cast
*Hayley Mills as Spring Tyler
*John Mills as Captain Tommy Tyler
*James MacArthur as William Ashton
*David Tomlinson as Ashton's bored, rich uncle.
*Lionel Jeffries as Jos Carkez
*Harry Andrews as Judd Sellers
*Niall MacGinnis as Cleary
*Lionel Murton as Simmons
Production
The film was based on the 1921 novel 'Satan' by Henry de Vere Stacpoole.Stacpoole's "Satan"
'New York Times' 8 May 1921: 49 The book was filmed in 1925 as 'Satan's Sister'.
The film was announced in September 1963 as 'Miss Jude' with both Mills attached from the beginning.Looking at Hollywood: 'Miss Jude' Will Star Hayley and Her Dad
Hopper, Hedda. 'Chicago Tribune' 30 Sep 1963: b7. Producer Alan Brown had been associate producer to Samuel Bronston and this would be his first film as production.Stage 'Albatross to Be MGM Comedy: Actor Pledges Clean Films; Hayley's Father Finally Is
Scheuer, Philip K. 'Los Angeles Times' 6 July 1964: C19. It was the third film John and Hayley Mills had made together after 'Tiger Bay' and 'The Chalk Garden'. John Mills said he wanted to use the title 'Close to the Wind' but it was held by another studio.BY WAY OF REPORT By A.H. WEILER. New York Times 8 Mar 1964: X9.
Location shooting took place in S'Agar on the Costa Brava in southern Spain and started 22 April 1964.Surprise Nazi Ruse Told in '36 Hours': 'Ship's' Company First Class; MacArthur Son With Hayley
Scheuer, Philip K. 'Los Angeles Times' 21 Apr 1964: C9 The MGM-British Studios at Elstree were also used for some shooting. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gil Parrondo.
David Tomlinson later called it "a truly dreadful film but with my new-found Hollywood cachet I was billed as making a 'Guest Appearance' in nice big capital letters".
John Mills later wrote "if the picture had turned out to be half as good as the food, the wine, the time and the laughs we had on that location it would have been a sensation - unfortunately it wasn't."
Further reading
* Reprinted 2013 by Duff Press
See also
*'Satan's Sister' (1925), based on the same book
*'The Cruise of the Make-Believes' (1918), which has a similar theme
References
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