robert stack never really get over lose a best supporting actor oscar for his role a kyle in write on the wind to anthony quinn 12 minute performance in lust for life . stack play the deeply disturb and alcoholic son of an oil tycoon . he have live his life in the shadow of the friend with whom he be raise and mitch and play by rock hudson . they both love the same woman and lucy and ( lauren bacall ) and who become kyle wife . kyle sister and marylee ( dorothy malone ) and be a drunken slut who in love with mitch . their story play out in glorious color under the able direction of douglas sirk and who really dominate the melodrama field with some incredible film and include imitation of life and all that heaven allows and magnificent obsession and and many others . make no mistake this be a potboiler and and stack and dorothy malone make the most of their role and malone win a best supporting actress oscar . there one amazing scene and mention in other comment and where she wildly dance to loud music a her father collapse and dy on the staircase . be lead to believe that marylee sleep with everyone and include the guy that pump the gas and because she in love with mitch . mitch want nothing to do with her . he so in love with lucy that and out of loyalty to kyle and he want to go to work in iran to avoid temptation . i doubt he would be so anxious to get there today no matter how much in love he be . hudson and bacall have the less exciting role here hudson mitch be the good guy who be clean up kyle mess for his entire life and and bacall be mitch wife who find herself in a nightmare when her husband start drink again after a year of sobriety . sirk focus on the more volatile support player . in sirk hand and write on the wind be an effective film and and the big scene toward the end in the mansion be particularly exciting . the director have a gift for this type of movie and and though he have many imitator and he never have an equal .