Two Loves

Two Loves

100 mins | Drama | May 24, 1961

American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.

Two Loves

100 mins | Drama | May 24, 1961

Two Loves
American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.
IMDb rating 5.0
Producers Julian Blaustein Productions Ltd.
Original title Two Loves
Directors Ronald Florance, Cleo Anton, William Shanks, Charles Walters
Writers Sylvia Ashton-Warner, Ben Maddow

Cast

Shirley MacLaine

as Anna Vorontosov

Laurence Harvey

as Paul Lathrope

Jack Hawkins

as William W.J. Abercrombie

Nobu McCarthy

as Whareparita

Ronald Long

as Headmaster Reardon

Norah Howard

as Mrs. Cutter

Juano Hernández

as Chief Rauhuia

Edmund Vargas

as Matawhero (uncredited)

Neil Woodward

as Mark Cutter (uncredited)

Lisa Sitjar

as Hinewaka (uncredited)

Alan Roberts

as Seven (uncredited)