Review of Sweet Bird of Youth

Tennessee Willrote of an aging actress taking under her wing a failed young performing hopeful who believes returning to his youth will ressolve the same anxieties she experiences on her way to a successful comeback. THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS STONE focused career professional Roman male escorts while SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH focuses on men failing in their profession falling back on their fleeting tail of their youthful virility to take a stab as becoming gigolos. One of the two forges ahead in ROMAN SPRING the other in SWEET BIRD. The reason this film version with Mark Harmon and Elizabeth Taylor is my favorite is because it most closely follows the intent and text of Tennessee Williams.