Theme from "A Summer Place"

Performed by: Percy Faith
Words by Mack Discant, music by Max Steiner
From the 1959 film, A Summer Place, starring Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue
#1 hit instrumental for Percy Faith in 1960
Lyrics as recorded by The Lettermen in 1965 (#6)

There's a summer place
Where it may rain or storm
Yet I'm safe and warm
For within that summer place
Your arms reach out to me
And my heart is free from all care

For it knows
There are no gloomy skies
When seen through the eyes
Of those who are blessed with love

And the sweet secret of
A summer place
Is that it's anywhere
Where two people share
All their hopes
All their dreams
All their love

There's a summer place
Where it may rain or storm
Yet I'm safe and warm
In your arms, in your arms
In your arms, in your arms
In your arms, in your arms

A Summer Place (film)
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Plot

The story examines the adult lives of two onetime teen lovers, Ken (Egan) and Sylvia (McGuire), who were from different social strata. He was self-supporting, working as a lifeguard at Pine Island, an exclusive Maine resort, while her nouveau riche family stayed as guests of the owners, one summer between years at college. They went on to marry different people – entirely the wrong people, it turned out. The saving grace of each marriage is their children, Sylvia's son Johnny (Donahue), and Ken's daughter Molly (Dee). They meet again on Pine Island, with Ken now wealthy through his chemistry research, while Sylvia's husband Bart has turned their home into an inn, which is failing. Johnny and Molly meet, and fall in love, while Ken and Sylvia begin to cheat with each other on their spouses.

While the movie became popular, it had a mixed critical reception and received some negative reviews through the years. The movie's theme song, "Theme from A Summer Place", composed by Max Steiner and recorded by Percy Faith and his Orchestra, became a hit in 1960, and remains a classic of its era. (A vocal version, with lyrics by Mack Discant, was a hit for The Lettermen in 1965; singer Dean Torrence referenced Steiner's melody in Jan and Dean's "Like a Summer Rain" in 1966.)


Cast

Richard Egan as Ken Jorgenson
Dorothy McGuire as Sylvia Hunter
Sandra Dee as Molly Jorgenson
Arthur Kennedy as Bart Hunter
Troy Donahue as Johnny Hunter
Constance Ford as Helen Jorgenson
Beulah Bondi as Mrs. Emily Hamilton Hamble
Jack Richardson as Claude Andrews
Martin Eric as Todd Harper, handyman at Pine Island Inn