Love Among the Ruins (TV movie)

::For other uses of this title, see the Love Among the Ruins disambiguation page.

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Love Among the Ruins is a made-for-television movie (1975) starring Katharine Hepburn and Sir Laurence Olivier.

Related Topics:
1975 - Katharine Hepburn - Laurence Olivier

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Set in Edwardian England, Love Among the Ruins tells the story of Jessica Medlicott (Hepburn), an aging grande dame of the London theater. When Medlicott is accused by a young man of seducing and then abandoning him, she retains the services of the greatest barrister in Britain (Olivier), who turns out to be a former suitor still in love with her.

Related Topics:
Edwardian - England - London - Barrister

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Love Among the Ruins was the first made-for-television movie directed by film legend George Cukor, who purposefully cast Hepburn (a lifelong friend) and Olivier to give his television directorial debut star-power.

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The show took home several Emmy Awards, including Hepburn and Olivier for Outstanding Performance, and Cukor for Oustanding Directing.

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