Barbara Loden

A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

Dir. Elia Kazan · With Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle

A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of a stubborn octogenarian from her home on an island in the river, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.

Dir. Elia Kazan · With Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet

After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal.

Dir. Barbara Loden · With Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Dorothy Shupenes