All That Heaven Allows

Douglas Sirk’s classic melodrama pairs Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in a lush tale of forbidden love between a New England widow and her gardener.

The Mad Men Connection: Housewife Betty Draper, continually plagued by oppressive societal pressures, might relate.

This film is shown as part of the It’s a Mad Men’s World film series as well as in conjunction with a Summer Classics Seminar. All That Heaven Allows will be introduced by the seminar's instructor, Alice Bullitt, M.A.