Daisy Kenyon
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1947 US Theatrical Poster
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| Directed by | Otto Preminger |
| Produced by | Otto Preminger |
| Screenplay by | David Hertz |
| Based on | Daisy Kenyon, by Elizabeth Janeway |
| Starring |
Joan Crawford Henry Fonda Dana Andrews |
| Music by | David Raksin |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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99 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.852 million |
| Box office | $1,750,000 (US rentals) |
Daisy Kenyon is a 1947 American romantic-drama woman's film by 20th Century Fox, starring Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda, and Dana Andrews in a story about a post-World War II romantic triangle. The screenplay by David Hertz was based upon a 1945 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Janeway. The film was directed and produced by Otto Preminger. Having opened to restrained reception, Kenyon has seen reappraisal, and now enjoys a minor cult following for its realistic treatment of a typically melodramatic plot.
Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford) is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer named Dan O'Mara (Dana Andrews), who is married and has two children. He breaks a date with Daisy one night and she goes out with a widowed war veteran named Peter Lapham (Henry Fonda).
O'Mara and his wife Lucille (Ruth Warrick) fight constantly: about his job, the upbringing of their two daughters, about his cheating. That same night, Dan turns up at New York's Stork Club with his wife and older daughter where Daisy and Peter are waiting to be seated. Daisy and Peter leave immediately. At the end of the date, Peter announces that he loves Daisy, and then leaves. Peter stands her up for their next date, but later he comes by unannounced and proposes to Daisy. She realizes that he is still in love with his late wife.
After a brief and hesitant courtship Daisy marries Peter, although she is still in love with Dan. Daisy supports Peter's post-war career. Peter is moody, sometimes quiet and withholding, sometimes wildly exuberant. Peter knows that Dan used to be in Daisy's life. Daisy feels like she's gotten over Dan. Dan's wife, finally fed up with his cheating, wants a divorce, using full custody of the children as leverage to hurt Dan.
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