From Here to Eternity [From Here to Eternity]
a novel (1951) by the US author James Jones (1921–77) about army life in ↑Pearl Harbor before the Japanese attack. It was made into a 1953 film which won ↑Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Fred Zinnemann), Best Supporting Actress (Donna Reed) and Best Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra). The film is remembered especially because of a scene in which two of its other stars, Deborah Kerr and Burt ↑Lancaster, make love in the waves on a beach. This was regarded as rather shocking at the time.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.