an overblown melodrama typical of it period ( mid 1950s ) and appropriate matinée food . rock hudson and the hulk everyone always fall in love with and play his usual stereotype role and but whereas in giant and make the same year and when his material and co star ( taylor and dean ) be above average and in this movie he be just not good enough to raise the calibre beyond a mushy tale of how difficult it be to be both rich and happy . the self destructive brother and sister ( robert stack and reel his way through the film in a drunken stupor and and dorothy malone and play a vampish poor little rich girl totally over the top ) end up the loser and hudson get bacall who be rather wooden in this part which do not have enough character or wit to get her go . to paraphrase oscar wilde and the good end happily and the bad unhappily and that be the meaning of fiction . however and i be interested to read that the film be base on a true story which vindicate the plot . like other film of the period and homosexuality be disguise in heterosexual term . maybe the film could be remake represent stack character would ring truer if he be hide homosexual feeling for mitch by marry . todd haynes far from heaven greatly improve on all that heaven allows and also direct by sirk . perhaps haynes could remake write on the wind and give u a truly memorable film .