Sweet Bird of Youth

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Sweet Bird Of Youth, 1962.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Sweet Bird Of Youth, 1962.

Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) gets news about his mother and girlfriend from an old rival George (Philip Abbott), now an important doctor, on his arrival in his hometown in Sweet Bird of Youth, 1962, directed by Richard Brooks from the Tennessee Williams play.

Actress Alexandra Del Lago (Geraldine Page) awakens in a Louisiana hotel room to assess her escort Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) in Sweet Bird of Youth, 1962, from the Tennessee Williams play.

Opening title sequence from director Richard Brooks' Sweet Bird of Youth, 1962, from the Tennessee Williams play, features would-be movie star Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) and has-been actress Alexandra Del Lago (Geraldine Page).

In a flashback sequence, Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) recalls his younger self being invited to leave his Southern hometown by politician "Boss" Finley (Ed Begley), whose daughter he loves, in director Richard Brooks' Sweet Bird of Youth, 1962, from the Tennessee Williams play.

A young gigolo returns to his Southern hometown in search of the lost love of his youth in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) starring Paul Newman and Geraldine Page.