Troy Donahue and Sandra Dee Teenage Love. A Summer Place (1959) A Kiss After Church scene A Summer Place is a 1959 romantic drama film based on Sloan Wilson's 1958 novel of the same name, about teenage lovers from different social classes who get back together twenty years later, and then must deal with the passionate love affair of their own teenage children by previous marriages. Delmer Daves directed the movie, which stars Richard Egan and Dorothy McGuire as the middle-aged lovers, and Troy D

Percy Faith And His Orchestra - Theme From A Summer Place (1959) "Theme from A Summer Place," by Percy Faith and His Orchestra, is an emblematic instrumental track that transcended its cinematic origin to become a timeless classic. Released in 1959 and soaring to the top of the charts in 1960, it remained number one for nine consecutive weeks, setting a record for an instrumental piece. Composed by Max Steiner for the film "A Summer Place," Percy Faith's lush orchestration transformed the melody