{"id":1877,"date":"2025-12-24T09:34:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/toys-in-the-attic-george-roy-hill\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:54:02","slug":"toys-in-the-attic-george-roy-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/en\/toys-in-the-attic-george-roy-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Toys in the Attic, George Roy Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1877\" class=\"elementor elementor-1877 elementor-1240\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d3eb74 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d3eb74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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200-200s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200S56 366.5 56 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">WATCH THE TRAILER<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-893fc75 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"893fc75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a0d76 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f5a0d76\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99ead81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99ead81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1528\" src=\"https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOYS-IN-THE-ATTIC-GENE-TIERNEY.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1880\" alt=\"Toys in the Attic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOYS-IN-THE-ATTIC-GENE-TIERNEY.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOYS-IN-THE-ATTIC-GENE-TIERNEY-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOYS-IN-THE-ATTIC-GENE-TIERNEY-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOYS-IN-THE-ATTIC-GENE-TIERNEY-768x1174.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOYS-IN-THE-ATTIC-GENE-TIERNEY-500x764.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TOYS-IN-THE-ATTIC-GENE-TIERNEY-800x1222.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259a7ab e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"259a7ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3ebc44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3ebc44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PRODUCTION<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac806f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac806f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Roy Hill\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4daa13 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d4daa13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81741d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81741d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>INTRIGUE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bbaf8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bbaf8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adapted from the play by Lillian Hellman. Two sisters living in the American South find their daily lives turned upside down by the arrival of an unstable brother and his wife.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d666fb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2d666fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d9173c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d9173c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CRITICAL RECEPTION<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74f7290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74f7290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A critically acclaimed film, appreciated for its dramatic intensity. Gene is praised for her complex performance. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variety<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> writes: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Tierney infuses Carrie with a poignant gravity, somewhere between bitterness and fragility.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32a288a e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32a288a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3983376 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3983376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE ROLE OF GENE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e15676e elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-image-accordion\" data-id=\"e15676e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-image-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"eael-img-accordion accordion-direction-horizontal eael-img-accordion-horizontal-align-center eael-img-accordion-vertical-align-center\" id=\"eael-img-accordion-e15676e\" data-img-accordion-id=\"e15676e\" data-img-accordion-type=\"on-hover\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"eael-image-accordion-hover eael-image-accordion-item\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2_TOYS-IN-THE-ATTIC-GENE-TIERNEY.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"0\">\n                <div class=\"overlay\">\n                                        <div class=\"overlay-inner \">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"eael-image-accordion-hover eael-image-accordion-item\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_TOYS-IN-THE-ATTIC-GENE-TIERNEY.jpg);\"  tabindex=\"0\">\n                <div class=\"overlay\">\n                                        <div class=\"overlay-inner \">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <style typr=\"text\/css\">\n                    #eael-img-accordion-e15676e .eael-image-accordion-hover:hover {\n                        flex: 3 1 0% !important;\n                    }\n                    #eael-img-accordion-e15676e .eael-image-accordion-hover:hover:hover .overlay-inner * {\n                        opacity: 1;\n                        visibility: visible;\n                        transform: none;\n                        transition: all .3s .3s;\n                    }\n                <\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21a3ae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21a3ae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carrie Berniers, one of the two sisters, a character marked by frustration and lost illusions. Gene considered this role one of the most demanding of her career, as it revealed a darker, more realistic side of her acting palette.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-532ed60 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"532ed60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/gene-tierney.art\/en\/?page_id=2784\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BACK TO FILMOGRAPHY<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1963 Toys in the Attic WATCH THE TRAILER PRODUCTION George Roy Hill INTRIGUE Adapted from the play by Lillian Hellman. Two sisters living in the American South find their daily lives turned upside down by the arrival of an unstable brother and his wife. CRITICAL RECEPTION A critically acclaimed film, appreciated for its dramatic intensity. Gene is praised for her complex performance. Variety writes: &#8220;Tierney infuses Carrie with a poignant gravity, somewhere between bitterness and fragility.&#8221; THE ROLE OF GENE Carrie Berniers, one of the two sisters, a character marked by frustration and lost illusions. Gene considered this role one of the most demanding of her career, as it revealed a darker, more realistic side of her acting palette. 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