Blue Denim

Blue Denim was a successful Broadway play by writer James Leo Herlihy, the author of the novels All Fall Down 1960 and Midnight Cowboy 1965. It starred Carol Lynley, Warren Berlinger and newcomer Burt Brinckerhoff in the lead male role. Opening on February 27, 1958, the play ran for 166 performances at the Playhouse Theatre.

The story is set in Dearborn, Michigan, during the 1950s, and revolves around sixteenyearold Arthur Bartley Brandon deWilde and his schoolmates, fifteenyearold Janet Willard Carol Lynley and Ernie Warren Berlinger. While widowersdaughter Janet laughs at Arthur and Ernies forays into smoking, drinking, and playing cards, shes always been interested in Arthur, and as Arthurs parents try to shelter him from negative things in life like the euthanasia of the family dog, done while hes at school, he turns to Janet for comfort.The relationship between Janet and Arthur results in her becoming pregnant. Unable to ask their parents who misinterpret their pleas as ordinary teenage curiosity about sex and adulthood for help, they turn to Ernie, whod boasted earlier about helping a sailor who got his girl in trouble by directing him to an abortionist only to discover Ernie made it all up, based on secondhand stories. The three seek together to arrange an abortion and raise the funds, only to be discovered by their parents at the last moment. In the meantime, Arthur and Janet find out how much they do not yet know about life and how much they truly care about each other. ........

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