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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: I shouldn't drink, you know. I inevitably say something brilliant.
Julian Osborne: There was a choice. It was build the bombs, and use them - or risk the United States, the Soviet Union, and the rest of us, would find some way... to go on living.
Morgan: [scoffs] That's wishful thinking if ever I heard it.
Julian Osborne: [softly] I'm not against wishful thinking. Not now.
Moira Davidson: I wouldn't really mind... if you could forget entirely who I am... I don't like myself very much anyway.
Morgan: They pushed us too far! They didn't think we'd fight, no matter what they did!
Julian Osborne: And they were wrong. We fought. We expunged them. And we didn't do such a bad job on ourselves.
Moira Davidson: There isn't time. No time to love... nothing to remember... nothing worth remembering.
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On the Beach Facts
The only US Nuclear submarine with the hull number 623 was the SSBN Nathan Hale, a ballistic missile submarine.
Gregory Peck was a lifelong opponent of nuclear weapons, and made On the Beach for this reason.
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.
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).
The U.S. Department of Defense and the United States Navy declined to cooperate in the production of this film, including access to a nuclear-powered submarine, which forced the film production to use a non-nuclear, diesel-electric Royal Navy submarine, HMS Andrew.
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