The Young Lovers (1950) SALLY FORREST

Movie Class by PizzaFLIX: Sally Forest (1928-2015) moved with her parents to Hollywood in 1945. She appeared mostly as a dancer in a few uncredited roles until she teamed with Ida Lupino. Producing her first film, Lupino cast Sally in the lead role of NOT WANTED (1949) and then again in YOUNG LOVERS (1950).
Writer/Director: Ida Lupino
Stars: Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Hugh O'Brian
A beautiful young dancer, newly engaged to her choreographer and about to embark on a major career, is suddenly crippled by polio. (a.k.a. Never Fear)
TRIVIA: The second feature directed by Ida Lupino, who herself had been stricken with polio as an adolescent.

[@dancewomyn1]

That last scene ...so beautiful. Ida Lupino always directed films that tackled the subjects no one talked about in the 1950's. A very courageous film director.

[@expat2010]

Wow. Sally Forrest - I never heard of her. What a beautiful face and figure and great acting as well. Thanks for the upload.

[@pathayes69]

I have a friend who contracted polio as a young child. She lost the full use of one leg so she wears a brace and uses crutches. She never let it stop her though. She married, had a child and now has 3 grandchildren. She is almost 76 years old and doing great.

[@saltydawg7078]

Polio was a huge reality when I was growing up. Thank you for sharing this. ❤❤❤

[@nancyhowell4505]

Me too! I remember when our school gave us free vaccinations, with our parents' consent of course.

[@devinpeirce7152]

Nancy Howell imagine how it was before vaccinations

[@nancyhowell4505]

@@devinpeirce7152 Actually we knew how bad it was. TV was full of programs about the horrors of it, real victims shown, not made up. That was why free vacinations were finally given. Thank the Lord! 🙏

[@29lookingood]

WOW. That was an amazing film. Thank you so much for uploading it 💙

[@lizlocher3612]

The fencing dance was AWESOME DELUXE. I watched it twice I was a ballet 🩰 dancer in the ,1980's, n I ALWAYS wanted to learn how to fence, n NEVER did!!! This dance was a choreographed delight!!!

[@Skylark_Jones]

A lovely thought-provoking film.

[@kathyh4804]

What a lovely story! I wish there were such great movies like this today! Our world would be a bit brighter!🌹

[@patriciahaskins1956]

What a great movie! I just discovered Sally Forrest in"Not Wanted", (also with very the talented Keefe Brasselle), and have become a true fan! This was such an opposite of her other role. She was such a versatile actress. The real life heroine from this movie must have been some kind of brave lady! Thanks for posting this! 🌈🌈🌈

[@dawneabdulal-bari9313]

Agreed! I love this channel ~ These real life stories humanize drama ~ Much needed content ~ Especially now ;->

[@steveweinstein3222]

And also directed by the great Ida Lupino.

[@candacewight7707]

She reminded me of lee remick in "not wanted " She looked so much like her that I checked to see if they were related.

[@kiconcoscoviemucyo7790]

What a tear jerker! The end is so beautiful and emotional...i love these classics

[@freddiemiranda5366]

Thank you for sharing this deeply heartwarming film it teaches so many lessons about life.

[@r.6731]

Oh thank you so much for this!!! Makes my complicated life a little better. ❤

[@georgescott3242]

I got Polio in 1946 at 2yr old. I wear a long leg brace and have post polio syndrome at 78. With Polio it takes 2 years to find out what you are going to be left with . After 2 yr you do not get Bach what you have lost. In the past, they thought you would not get worst. At 60 I did not need a cane and I was a meat cutter but then my legs got worse. This picture is very personal to me. It has a lot of things that I was not aware of. When you get Polio ,the first thing the doctor does is pull your neck and they did this in this picture. I went through life pretending I was not handicapped and it worked for me. I have a wife and 2 girls that are now school teachers. The vaccine came out when I was 12yr old. People today that do not get vaccinated should look at my right leg. They would be running for a shot.

[@leeb5353]

Great movie made me cry at the end. That’s unconditional love ❤️

[@CissyBrazil]

Offering a cigarette in the hospital to a polio patient. Those were the days lol.

[@minamaletti6909]

And smoking beside her bed.

[@brendaorozco1203]

They used to give them to pregnant women. They said smoking was good for the nerves !

[@steveweinstein3222]

Smoking is so chic and glamorous.

[@hastycontemplation]

Doctor recommended it

[@mariareyna5481]

My thought exactly

[@mares3841]

Thank you

[@poetcomic1]

I remember when I was a child in the fifties and the terror of polio. Ida Lupino had polio and this is a very personal film.

[@nildacrespo1683]

It’s called psychodrama patients role play themselves as the ailing character then portray themselves going thru healing process it works

[@benjaminfreyman4273]

That was terrific! Never saw that one before ,great.

[@melissahelm6074]

Thank you for this movie! I enjoyed it very much. 🎬💗

[@lovearttherapyalways]

Loved this movie! Thanks so much for this!

[@aadamtx]

Ida Lupino also contracted polio, although her major symptoms last briefly and only was left with minor impaired movement. Most of the film was shot at the Institute itself, and most of the film patients were actual patients of the institute at the time of filming. THE YOUNG LOVERS is the re-release title; the film was originally released in 1949 as NEVER FEAR. According to the CDC, the U.S. has been officially polio-free since 1979 because of vaccines.

[@mimi-422]

Back when they went using vases to kill us!!!

[@Kare1949]

I remember when everyone feared polio. My Mother would freak out whenever I had a stiff painful neck and fever. I am so glad a polio vaccine was invented. I had a few friends who had polio and have lasting effects from it.

[@rubytuesday5412]

Thanks Pizza, love your sauce!

[@johannarocho3040]

I remember the polio, I was in elementary school when the vaccine came out. I had a classmate who came down with it. This movie brought to tears.

[@nancy2214]

What an outstanding movie😢absolutely loved it👏🏻👏🏻🎬

[@yvonnemoore1128]

Another great movie. Thank you.

[@lovingmayberry307]

Good one! Thanks for uploading!

[@CissyBrazil]

Thank you, Pizza F. Great old movie!

[@centuaryplant]

Thank you for sharing this. Your wife or whom ever helped you deserves an award as well. I’m glad you got professional care. God bless you.

[@anglophils645]

("Who " ever helped you, not "whom". It's Who, because it's being used as the subject of a phrase; therefore, you need to use the subjective case pronoun. It's tricky, I know.)

[@2degucitas]

Cyd Charisse also got polio and dancing was her therapy. Joni Mitchel as well. Here we find out Keefe Brasselle can dance.

[@SNAKEPIT359]

2degucitas Also actress and director of this film Ida Lupino,, and Wilma Rudolph 1960 Olympic gold medal sprinter.

[@sharonsheehy3128]

The guy who loved her was so sweet,,,

[@1000mindy]

Great movie! Thanks!

[@kevinvalentinocasanova8416]

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[@angelaknight7184]

Just great

[@billiewilson5197]

Pizza that was 👍🏾I loved it ! Instead of being so serious this fun spending another afternoon with you 😆 👏🏾 🤷🏾‍♀️🙋🏽

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

very moving film...I thought for a moment that Carol and Len were gonna get together but then it all changed when Len knew her heart was with Guy

[@ria1636]

Spoiler Alert!

[@lissettesbloom8223]

I saw this twice and twice I cried. Great movie.

[@everetthenderson5466]

My wife and I enjoyed this movie!

[@gulmerton2758]

Thank you so much for this movie !

[@iadorenewyork1]

Same pair of actors from “Not Wanted”?

[@MFuria-os7ln]

Yes, and isn't that one a wonderful movie?

[@Edward-jn5pl]

@@MFuria-os7ln Just watched it last night. And tonight this. I'm now a big fan of Ida Lupino.

[@markwat]

Great movie! Thanks Mr. Flix!

[@patrooney2283]

Pizza, thanks for another great movie and thank God for the Polio Vaccine🙏🙏💕💕🍕🍕

[@paulkitt2376]

Great movie. Ida lupino made top movies the bigamist the hitch hiker and not wanted with the the talented Sally forest my favourite being outrage.

[@cynthiawilliams5240]

This is a really good movie...the ending was beautiful it was so good to see him come back for her...❤

[@Hollystein]

Spoiler!

[@cynthiawilliams5240]

@@Hollystein sorry 🤷‍♀️

[@atlasshrugged7475]

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[@TheViewmaster1971]

Love it.... thanks!!!!!!!!

[@williamsearle8187]

Thank you, (Pizza), I managed to see the 2 films (1949 + 1950). They do have a real gel, not just because of the actors, but through the theme of the Prod/Direct - Either actor has an affliction... Both can work it out. Don't say it's a trilogy (like Star Wars), lol. I don't see it ??? (1951 ??). ? Did I cry, ... on either film ? Both, multiple times. Cheers, for that :) Xxx

[@Miriana727]

Thank you!

[@marybranicki3354]

Thank U sooooooo much ...... GREAT !! movie

[@jorhay1]

Wow great film!

[@yodservant]

Great film...bless from AZ🐴

[@deborahdebooth5103]

Beautiful...🌹🌹🌹

[@MrShobar]

One swim in Polio Pond was all it took. A Polio infection was a palpable fear in those days. A young Hugh O'Brian. Hubba Hubba. FDR's photo appears at 1:17:19. I wondered when he would be making an appearance in a film about polio. The Kabat-Kaiser Institute in Santa Monica is shown at 1:18:33. It was closed in 1962, and the building was demolished in 19644.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

polio pond?

[@deborahrigby5428]

Gr8 movie💘❣️👏🏽👏🏽💥❤️💞💕

[@maryse596]

Thanks to ..very much

[@1940limited]

If Ida Lupino married Don Ho she'd be Idaho.

[@keithharvey7230]

Or Don No.

[@1940limited]

@@keithharvey7230 How do you get No from Ho? Haha! :-)

[@keithharvey7230]

Ida No I Dunno.

[@keithharvey7230]

@@1940limited Ida No I Dunno.Sorry.

[@CissyBrazil]

Hahahaha!

[@RetiredSchoolCook]

LIKE 36 THANK YOU FOR SHARING I ENJOYED WATCHING THIS GOOD MOVIE

[@Palmit_]

Thank you PizzaFlix ❤️ Awesome stuff again! (also why are you called PizzaFlix?) ~~ jeez-it was just a question. i know "flix" but the pizza reference i dont get. didn't realise it was offensive to ask!

[@PizzaFLIX]

Pizza & Movies go together like Hot Dogs & Baseball, they are a iconic international pastimes.

[@philhogan4825]

Not offensive at all!

[@badbag9625]

Super great flick. Very interesting cast. Loved the use of fencing scenes in the then modern times. Contagious Polio in my day was so feared children's play time was severely curtailed, especially during the hot days of summer. As a result socializing changed life as we knew it. Not sure but believe this dreaded disease effected Alan Aldia and Ms. Ida Lupino herself. THANKS to VACCINATIONS children and adults around the WORLD are no longer stricken by medical NIGHTMARES ! We deal with new challenges today....pray we will win those too !

[@weepingwillow-ud6xl]

The Young Lovers was very much a political statement of that era. Well chosen words for your final comment, I agree with everything you've said. None of us know what's around the corner? I wish you well all the same.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

$750 down for a new house. For goodness sakes.

[@manuelmaldonadojr2526]

oh thank you send is old movies.

[@monaattianese9838]

Can't believe polio in our lifetime,,..thank God for vaccine....Great flick. 👍❤️🙂

[@kathleenking47]

This one, not flu shots

[@richardbeard252]

It was the best of times -it was -well -for better or worst -wish I could believe in all that 🤔 -“This is is just the beginning “-

[@steveweinstein3222]

Yes, the best of times when polio was an epidemic ... ?

[@johanfourie3435]

Awesome movie.

[@jessicacastro1907]

November 2020 covid verses polio human courage defies all.

[@roguedalek900]

Yea covid 98.5% survival rate...plandemic strikes again.

[@Yes-rt5to]

Back then, when Doctors shared a sigaret with their patients 😂

[@nancyhowell4505]

cigarette*. At least in the movies, they rarely finished one! 🚬

[@juliemullen4507]

True love ❤️

[@richardbeard252]

For gods sake 😳⁉️-the doctor lights up ❗️👀-asked if she wants one-and leaves the pack 😵 🤪‼️ WTF-Course-didn’t they have real coke in coco cola back then ⁉️ 🤔😵🙄-everyone in the pool 😝❗️✨

[@donnacastel3568]

I cringed at the cigarette scene with the doctor too! They just didn’t know they were on the road to lung Cancer ! As far as the cokes...they were just as they are now but not so large. The REAL coke in coco cola was only for the first years it was invented. They figured out quite early it was dangerous. Too bad it took so long for smoking ! My source for all this is being old enough to remember the time period in the movie!

[@steveweinstein3222]

Smoking is chic and adult. It also is great to keep down weight.

[@jaycarter2165]

OK, what's the deal Credits show Rita Lupino. Lookup and find she is Ida's sister. Where is she in the movie?

[@kennethbooker4955]

Another British film good cast romance

[@bobdownes162]

BRITISH ?!

[@Mimi-ex6jo]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💜💛💚👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@angierae403]

My father had polio :(

[@deeb2021]

I had polio. Any questions I'd be happy to answer.

[@angierae403]

Dee B ....horrible disease

[@diniathome7930]

My mother was born in October of 1917, as an infant my mother has polio, also called infantile paralysis then. Her toes overlapped/curled on both feet, more on one foot than the other. The foot most affected also had some deformity to the ball of her foot. She was a great lady!

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

@@deeb2021 how did you get it

[@speckledhen409]

She forgot his dreams were dashed also. She seems full of self pity. She had a good man to help her through this. Not good to push him away.

[@weepingwillow-ud6xl]

Long term health issues effect different people in different ways. She was lucky to have him, but he gave her time to adjust. She really had two strong willed men to help her through. All's good that end's well.

[@weepingwillow-ud6xl]

Oh my mum has two hen's & one is called Speckle. It's also a fine English beer that makes good gravy, for a roast dinner on a Sunday, whilst watching a nice old 1950's film.

[@littlelamb56]

Wow.

[@mikebtrfld1705]

Herbert Butterfield, one of the greats.

[@TheMrsCDB1]

Good movie. Polio then, cancer and AIDS now. Have courage and faith. PS: I keep thinking everytime some one smoked in a confined space, oh oh second hand smoke.... If cancer doesnt kill you, heart disease, emphysema, or some other disease will.

[@weepingwillow-ud6xl]

Well thanks for your upbeat message, glad you enjoyed the film as I did. But then you got all morbid with all the other ailments be that benign or terminal. At least they were both happy at the end - be that not the end it said.

[@TheMrsCDB1]

weeping willow 1966 Hello, weeping willow. If I watched this movie when it was released, I would not have noticed anything wrong with the scenes where almost everyone smoked. I begun smoking when I was 18 and at 40 something, my lungs collapsed and had a traumatizing and painful confinement at the intensive care unit. I almost died. Naturally, I quit after that and now am allergic to cigarette smoke. Young people may still be watching this film. we know that constant exposure to anything, especially to all kinds of addiction has a strong impact on the viewers. Reality to fiction to reality. It's a vicious cycle that must be heeded. Take care. MrsB

[@catmother4214]

And now Corona. Yuk. 🤢🤢🤢

[@babasheeny3634]

Was THAT really dinner entertainment back then??? 😝 lol

[@seriagungnurastarlight]

Both men made the right decision 🙂.

[@mihaijakson9799]

1950

[@uiPublic]

Memorable as great characters only posed for a fictional Love movie and fabulous acting never seem playing as if Marriages made one in heaven if done so have none complaints for genders unlike Economics excused with Other strong else weak unities?! Rareity it's no extras wanted in such likeable Real life take away lessons..

[@patsysmothermon7861]

That song about going to Mexico 🇲🇽 was odd. Not very musical. 😂

[@rufust.firefly4890]

Movie also known as Never Fear. Found this to be weak in spots. Forest's character overbearing at times. Early role for Hugh Wyatt Earp O'Brian. He looks scrawny. Also for Dr. Lawrence Dobkin with the rug here.

[@winonamassingill7895]

I had a friend who’s wife had polo and was in an iron lung. Unfortunately, she had a big uh oh, and got pregnant with the child of a man who was not her husband. 👎👎👎👎👎

[@poetcomic1]

I remember when I was a child in the fifties and the terror of polio. Ida Lupino had polio and this is a very personal film.

[@philhogan4825]

Great movie, thanks!