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On the Beach Overview:

On the Beach (1959) was a Drama - Science Fiction Film directed by Stanley Kramer and produced by Stanley Kramer.

Academy Awards 1959 --- Ceremony Number 32 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Film EditingFrederic KnudtsonNominated
Best Music - ScoringErnest GoldNominated
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On the Beach BlogHub Articles:

The Woman on the Beach (1947)

By Judy on May 17, 2022 From Cary Grant Won't Eat You

Yes, this movie is a mess: confusing dialogue, incomprehensible character development, choppy plot development, and some truly unfortunate music choices. But there are three good reasons to still watch Jean Renoir’s curious noir, my choice for the Classic Movie Blog Association Fun in the Sun!... Read full article

On The Beach (1959): Peck, Gardner, Astaire, Perkins, and Apocalypse

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 28, 2020 From 4 Star Films

I recall my dad sharing a recollection about On The Beach. Back when it came out he went to the drive-in with his family, and they took in the movie. He fell asleep part of the way through only to wake up and the movie was still going. While not necessarily a profound observation, the film is unequi... Read full article

The Woman on the Beach (1947)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 1, 2018 From 4 Star Films

The Woman on the Beach is ripe with subject matter that feels akin to Jean Renoir as much as any Hollywood picture possibly could be. Since the beach, in his specific case, initially evokes not the California coasts but the shores that might have so easily cropped up in the paintings of his renowned... Read full article

On the beach, but not a Bathing Beauty

By carole_and_co on Sep 16, 2015 From Carole & Co.

Carole Lombard is in that pic, fifth from left, taken sometime in 1928 during work on one of Mack Sennett's comedy shorts. Lombard apparently wasn't scheduled to appear in swimwear that day, as she's wearing a horizontally-striped sweater and skirt. Sennett himself is at far right, in a white hat.Ot... Read full article

On the beach, but not a Bathing Beauty

By carole_and_co on Sep 16, 2015 From Carole & Co.

Carole Lombard is in that pic, fifth from left, taken sometime in 1928 during work on one of Mack Sennett's comedy shorts. Lombard apparently wasn't scheduled to appear in swimwear that day, as she's wearing a horizontally-striped sweater and skirt. Sennett himself is at far right, in a white hat.Ot... Read full article

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On the Beach Quotes:

Julian Osborne: Who would ever have believed that human beings would be stupid enough to blow themselves off the face of the Earth?
Julian Osborne: I shouldn't drink, you know. I inevitably say something brilliant.
Julian Osborne: We're all doomed, you know. The whole, silly, drunken, pathetic lot of us. Doomed by the air we're about to breathe.
Julian Osborne: The trouble with you is you want a simple answer. There isn't any. The war started when people accepted the idiotic principle that peace could be maintained - - by arranging to defend themselves with weapons they couldn't possibly use - - without committing suicide. Everybody had an atomic bomb, and counter-bombs, and counter-counter bombs. The devices outgrew us; we couldn't control them. I know, I helped build them. Somewhere, some poor bloke probably looked at a radar screen and thought he saw something. He knew that if he hesitated for a second that his own country would be wiped off the map. So he pushed a button and the world went crazy.
Moira Davidson: Dwight... even if you don't like me, would you please hold on to me just for a moment longer?
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On the Beach Facts
Gregory Peck was a lifelong opponent of nuclear weapons, and made On the Beach for this reason.
When Moira goes to visit Towers at the dock, an Australian sailor calls out "Get a load of that Charlie Wheeler". This is rhyming slang: 'Charlie Wheeler' rhymes with 'sheila', an Australian term for a (young) woman.
The movie was shot in part in Berwick, a (then) small town in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Some streets which were being established during this time were named after people involved in the film. Some examples are: Gardner Street (Ava Gardner), Shute Avenue (Nevil Shute) and Kramer Drive (Stanley Kramer).
It is rumored that guards at each end of the Golden Gate Bridge were paid $500 each to stop cars for a minute to get footage of an empty bridge.
Anthony Perkins' elder son is named Osgood, possibly after Admiral Bridie's aide of the same name.Anthony Perkins named his oldest son, "Osgood"(James Ripley Oswald Robert Perkins II) after Anthony's father, Broadway and film actor, James Ripley Oswald Perkins.
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