Daisy Kenyon (1947)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Otto Preminger

Writers:

David Hertz (writer)
Elizabeth Janeway (novel)

Release Date:

25 December 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Commercial artist Daisy Kenyon is involved with married lawyer Dan O'Mara, and hopes someday to marry him...

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Adultery | Cape Cod | Post War | Based On Novel

Cast

Joan Crawford	...	Daisy Kenyon
Dana Andrews	...	Dan O'Mara
Henry Fonda	...	Peter Lapham
Ruth Warrick	...	Lucille O'Mara
Martha Stewart	...	Mary Angelus
Peggy Ann Garner	...	Rosamund O'Mara
Connie Marshall	...	Marie O'Mara
Nicholas Joy	...	Coverly
Art Baker	...	Lucille's Attorney

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

'Joan Crawford''s contract stipulated that the set be kept at temperatures that Henry Fonda and 'Dana Andrews' found too cold, so Crawford bought both of them long underwear.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the divorce trial, Dan still has the bad scrape on his forehead. Soon after, he's at the cape with Peter and Daisy and his forehead is all healed.

Quotes:

Daisy Kenyon: It's a funny thing about being in love. Sometimes it's easier to tell when you are than when you aren't.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)

Romantic triangle

One of the most enjoyable of the genre. Joan Crawford as Daisy is at the peak of her '40s films. Henry Fonda in a quirky romantic role, a returned service man with a few issues to get through. Dana Andrews as the cad, never better. In fact of the 3 leads, his is the most interesting interpretation - of a brilliant man who is unable to keep his family man and Romeo side affair balanced. When it topples, he is the one left in a heap of rubble. A most satisfying ladies matinee film (and I mean that as a recommendation.) I give it a 9/10.

Jane