Tea and Sympathy (1956)

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Darryl Hickman, Dean Jones, Deborah Kerr, Edward Andrews, Jacqueline deWit, John Kerr, Leif Erickson, Norma Crane

Synopsis:

Tom Lee is more interested in the arts than in sports, something that sits uneasily with both his father and his classmates. Tom’s school housemaster Bill Reynolds even gives him a hard time for his “effeminate” interests. However, Bill’s wife Laura sympathizes with Tom and tries to help him with her own overtures.