| Daisy Kenyon | |
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| Directed by | Otto Preminger |
| Produced by | Otto Preminger |
| Written by | David Hertz Elizabeth Janeway (novel) |
| Starring | Joan Crawford Henry Fonda Dana Andrews |
| Music by | David Raksin |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Editing by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) |  December 25, 1947 |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
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Daisy Kenyon is a 1947 romantic melodrama directed by Otto Preminger. Based on the 1945 novel by Elizabeth Janeway, the film stars Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews as three people involved in a romantic triangle in postwar New York City.
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Plot
Daisy Kenyon is a commercial artist working in Manhattan. She is involved in an affair with a married lawyer, Dan O'Mara. She then meets a single man, Peter Lapham, and decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan. Dan then divorces his wife and tries to convince Daisy to leave Peter.
Cast
- Joan Crawford as Daisy Kenyon
- Dana Andrews as Dan O'Mara
- Henry Fonda as Peter Lapham
- Ruth Warrick as Lucille O'Mara
Trivia
- One scene is set in New York's Stork Club, and features cameo appearances by celebrities of the day, including Walter Winchell, Leonard Lyons, John Garfield and Damon Runyon.
External links
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Die große Liebe • Under Your Spell • Danger, Love at Work • Kidnapped • Clare Booth Luce's Margin for Error • In the Meantime, Darling • Laura • A Royal Scandal • Fallen • Centennial Summer • Forever Amber • Daisy Kenyon • That Lady in Ermine • The Fan • Whirlpool • Where the Sidewalk Ends • The 13th Letter • Angel Face • The Moon Is Blue • Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach • River of No Return • Carmen Jones • The Man with the Golden Arm • The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell • Saint Joan • Bonjour Tristesse • Porgy and Bess • Anatomy of a Murder • Exodus • Advise and Consent • The Cardinal • In Harm's Way • Bunny Lake Is Missing • Hurry Sundown • Skidoo • Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon • Such Good Friends • Rosebud • The Human Factor |
