What is the name of that classic movie where the couple kisses on the beach and the waves wash over them?

Question

I know it's an old movie, though I can't remember if it was in black and white or in color.

Answer 1

From Here to Eternity. The couple on the beach are Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr.

Answer 2

From Here to Eternity is a 1953 movie based on the novel by James Jones in which characters work through ordinary bouts of intimidation and infidelity on a military base in the days preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Among the cast members without Oscar nominations are Philip Ober, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Warden, and Merle Travis. The novel's author had a small, uncredited part in the film.


[edit] Trivia
Legend has it that Frank Sinatra got the role in the movie because of his speculated Mafia connections, and that this was the basis for a similar subplot in The Godfather. The truth is more likely to have been that Sinatra's then-wife Ava Gardner persuaded studio head Harry Cohn's wife to go to bat for him, the version related by Kitty Kelley in her comprehensive Sinatra biography.
A rumor has been circulating for years that George Reeves, who played Sgt. Maylon Stark, had his role drastically edited after preview audiences recognized him as TV's "Superman".
The famous beach lovemaking scene between Lancaster and Kerr was lampooned in the movie Airplane!, where Robert Hays' and Julie Hagerty's characters become covered in seaweed. The producers of the film have always stated that this was a coincidence.
The movie was also remade as a TV miniseries in 1979.
The U.S. Army withheld its cooperation from the production until the producers agreed to several modifications, most noticeably the fate of Captain Holmes.
William Holden, who won the Best Actor Oscar for Stalag 17, felt that he didn't deserve it. Holden thought Burt Lancaster should have won for this film for his portrayal of Sgt. Milt Warden.
From Here to Eternity was mentioned in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Far Beyond the Stars". A character played by Aron Eisenberg mentions that he prefers it to science fiction stories.
The beach scene was referenced in Gilmore Girls as the way Lane loses her virginity and becomes pregnant.

Answer 3

The movie you are thinking about is From Here to Eternity (1953).

It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subordinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sergeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance.


Plot Outline: In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

Burt Lancaster .... 1st Sgt. Milton Warden
Montgomery Clift .... Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt
Deborah Kerr .... Karen Holmes
Donna Reed .... Alma Burke (Lorene)
Frank Sinatra .... Pvt. Angelo Maggio
Ernest Borgnine .... Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson

Won 8 Oscars.

Answer 4

In the movie Grease Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta are kissing on the beach and the waves wash over them.

Answer 5

From Here to Eternity made in 1953 Probably B&W very good cast

Answer 6

Grease

Answer 7

Sounds like that famous scene in "From Here to Eternity" and it was in clack and white as I recall.

Answer 8

It's 'From Here To Eternity'.

Answer 9

From here to eternity

Answer 10

Shrek. Or it might have been a James Bond movie.