Publisher's Synopsis
Six films starring the late screen icon, Natalie Wood. Warren Beatty made his screen debut opposite Wood in 'Splendor in the Grass' (1961), a tale of adolescent love gone awry directed by Elia Kazan. Set in depression-era Kansas in 1925, the film tells the story of two teenage lovers full of angst and lust whose relationship is quashed by the repressive mentality of their parents and the local townspeople - with dire consequences. Helen Gurley Brown's self-help best-seller was the nominal source for the Hollywood sex comedy 'Sex and the Single Girl' (1964), starring Tony Curtis as a scandal sheet editor attempting to dish the dirt on research psychologist and author Helen Gurley Brown (Wood). Needless to say, a romantic entanglement ensues. Set in 1930s Hollywood, 'Inside Daisy Clover' (1965) follows 15-year-old tomboy Daisy Clover (Wood) as she becomes a big movie star overnight following a successful audition. Daisy must now struggle to overcome the many difficulties that come along with her fame and fortune. Robert Redford co-stars as Daisy's secretly gay movie star husband. The Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim musical 'Gypsy' (1962) follows the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee (Wood). Rosalind Russell co-stars as the pushy stage mother who forces her daughter into the limelight at a tender age. 'Bombers B-52' (1957) is a romantic drama set in the world of the US air force. Lois Brennan (Wood), daughter of Sergeant Chuck Brennan (Karl Malden), falls in love with hotshot playboy Colonel Jim Herlihy (Efrem Zimbalist Jr) - much to the chagrin of her father, who witnessed Herlihy's dangerous hotheadedness first-hand when both men were stationed in Korea. The romantic comedy 'Cash McCall' (1960) tells the story of the eponymous Cash (James Garner), a slick up-and-coming businessman who makes his fortune by buying ailing enterprises before re-selling them at a profit. But Cash more than meets his match when he comes up against Lory (Wood), the beautiful daughter of failing plastics tycoon Grant Austen (Dean Jagger).