《The Way Ahead (1944)》Storyline
During the production of the film, the two main stars - Hollywood playboy Warren Beatty and British beauty Julie Christie had an on-and-off relationship.Moving, authentic and intense, she expresses the full range of emotions from a young, fragile and innocent country girl in the big city, to an ecstatically-infatuated new bride, to a betrayed "wife," to a bereaved unwed mother, and then into a matured woman.Wyatt: Who runs the cattle?Mayor: The Clantons.Old Man Clanton and his four sons.In the next scene as he leaves the hotel where the mayor lives, Wyatt comes face-to-face a second time with Old Man Clanton and his clan who are coming in from the rain.The foursome reach the Coney Island amusement park where they joyously ride the roller coaster, the barrel roll, he spinning wheel, the slide, the merry-go-round, and the dark tunnel of love - where the men are expected to make romantic moves on their dates:Jane: (to Bert) Say, am I ridin"" with you.I already decided.I""m gonna get me a angel."The level-headed Virgil suggested he set his sights lower: "You just figure on pickin"" out some plain-lookin"" little ol"" gal, with a cooperatin"" nature and a good personality.