 The second film production of Tennessee William s 1959 play does not live up to earlier productions. While ambitious, much of the play s symbolism and underlying tones have been dropped. Chief is the elimination of the setting of Easter Sunday and the key speeches bringing the audience s recognition into bearing and time as the enemy of everyone. What remains is the melodrama of a failing, aging movie star who takes up with an ambitious masseur who takes her home only to show off in front of his former girl friend and her powerful father.