Tea and Sympathy

At a traditional New England college that prides itself on turning boysinto men, Tom Robinson Lee's interests lead him to the arts rather thansports ... and to the derision of his schoolmates and housemaster inthis adaptation of the groundbreaking Broadway play Tea and Sympathy.1956. Sensitive, artistic, confused--and labelled by his fellows as ahomosexual--Tom (John Kerr) tries to prove his manhood in a sexualencounter with a local girl, with disastrous results. But the efforts ofthe students, Tom's father and her own husband to force the young man toconform to "normal" masculine behavior awaken long-suppressed feelingsin Laura Reynolds (Academy Award winner Deborah Kerr), the wife of Tom'shousemaster. As Laura becomes aware of the isolation and revulsion shefeels in her marriage, she becomes attracted to the sensitive youngerman.