Another trio of reviews from The Henry Fonda Collection. In this segment we’ll look at a western, a quasi-noir with romantic overtones, and a crime procedural. Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford) is a forward thinking career-woman who can’t seem to pick the right mate. Mired in a relationshi read more
Daisy Kenyon (1947): 5/5! – Contains mild spoilers
Daisy Kenyon opens with an awesome, fun-fact-spewing cabbie (who is never seen again, but is a great way to start the film) and a romantic, airy song.
This opening may set a viewer who has never seen or read about the film before to think that read more
What do Daisy Kenyon
Joan Crawford as Daisy Kenyon
and Laura Hunt
Gene Tierney as Laura Hunt
have in common?
You mean besides being beautiful, artistic career girls (Daisy a commercial artist, Laura in advertising) and having FABULOUS New York City apartments?
You mean besides going o read more
Daisy Kenyon (1947) I have said (to myself) for a while now that Otto Preminger films never disappoint. I’m not implying that Daisy Kenyon is a let down, but it is not the sort of film for which I have come to know Preminger. It is a romance, quite unlike the mysteries, often murder myst read more
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Warning: If you rent The Cardinal (1963) from Netflix, please make sure you also rent the 2nd DVD with special features.
The Cardinal DVD Extras
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An earlier Otto Preminger film, Daisy Kenyon is a film about a working artist, played by a too-old Joan Crawford, who finds herself caught in a love triangle. There is the married lawyer, read more
