Joy in the Morning (1965)

Storyline

Carl Brown and Annie McGairy are in love. Their Irish immigrant parents knew each other in the old country – and Carl’s parents want better for their son than Annie, who was raised in the slums. When Annie runs away to marry Carl while he’s at college, they have many difficulties, including a college Dean that frowns upon married couples, Carl’s angry parents, Carl’s jealousy, and Annie’s own problems with her sexuality. Joy in the Morning, the 1965 Alex Segal romantic melodrama (“Love is more than a good night kiss!”; “People said they were too young to marry… and they knew they were too much in love to stay apart”; “Love is more than a good night kiss!”; “Based upon the book by Betty Smith”) starring Richard Chamberlain, Yvette Mimieux, Arthur Kennedy, Oscar Homolka, and Donald Davis