Daisy Kenyon (Fox Film Noir)
by Otto Preminger
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Actor: Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Joan Crawford, Martha Stewart, Ruth WarrickDirector: Otto Preminger
Brand: Daisy
Cinematographer: Leon Shamroy
Producer: Otto Preminger
Editor: Louis R. Loeffler
Writer: David Hertz
Writer: Elizabeth Janeway
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Daisy Kenyon (Fox Film Noir)
DVD Review: "Not a Bad Crawford Melodrama"
Summary: 5 Stars
"Daisy Kenyon" has never been one of my favorite Joan Crawford films, but it's nice to see it finally comes to home video via DVD. The picture was never released commercially, and the only time I saw it was on American Movie Classics back in the late 1990's. Personally, I love anything Crawford has appeared in after her Oscar winning performance in "Mildren Pierce", in which she starred in a series of blockbuster films like "Humoresque", "Possessed", and "The Damned Don't Cry". "Daisy Kenyon" is a good film, but not great. It's a pretty simple story of Joan being caught between a married man with a family and a man played by Henry Fonda who loves her, but suffers from a mental disorder. Not much happens in the story, so I recommend this film for only true Crawford followers. It's also nice to see one of my favorite soap opera actresses playing a small part in this, Ruth Warrick, from "All My Children". The film is beautifully restored, and there's a nice documentary on the movie featuring neat info on the movie and the star from Crawford historians.DVD Review: For Crawford fans only !
Summary: 2 Stars
This so-so film is absolutely not a film noir and is boring and silly.
I give two stars simply because it has Dana Andrew in it.
I cannot stand Crawford but Her fans will love it !
I thought Andrew and Fonda could save it.....NOPE !
DVD Review: Crawford
Summary: 5 Stars
Joan ,Joan. This movie is so Joan Crawford . She was so beautiful . I especially like the men in her life. I liked how different they were ,yet how so a like .This film has everything from child abuse to the triangular love affair.Through it all Daisy remains her strong independent self. DVD Review: DULL AND VAPID. ONE OF JOAN'S WORST FILMS
Summary: 1 Stars
Few of Joan's Crawford's films were good. This film is not an example of a good one. First this is a bland soap opera through and through. It starts off completely dull and does not improve.
The "noirish aspect" of this film is indeed present but Director Otto Preminger's handling of the material is incompetent. The screenplay lacks focus and direction and all the characters except for Fonda's are unlikeable. Fonda himself hated this picture and his role and only agreed to appear in it to complete his contractual obligation for Fox.
The problem is one cannot understand why Crawford would want Andrews who is as stale as cardboard. I agree with the reviewer who said that Crawford had no sex appeal (despite her being a nymphomaniac in real life) and absolutely no chemistry with her leading men. She is also unflatteringly photographed in a lot of scenes (you can actually see blemishes and her freckled skin).
Another problem is the question of why Fonda is enamored of her. There is nothing in the screenplay to explain his motivation or his attraction to her. Thus, the entire plot is unbelievable and as such, it does not impress because one feels no empathy or sympathy for the characters. A good movie makes one root for its protaganists. One could care less how this film turns out.
The mood is atmospheric and the lighting is dark as film noir should be. That's about as "noirish" as it gets. The film is worth a look if you haven't seen it but I know almost definitely that this is one film I have no desire to watch again.
DVD Review: Daisy Kenyon
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one of Joan Crawford's finest performances. She was too old to play Daisy and she knew it, but she saw a chance to give a controlled, sincere performance. She fought for and got two of the hottest male stars of the time, Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda. Andrews was just off of LAURA and Fonda had just returned from the War. They both excel in their roles. Of course a key light does follow Joan highlighted her expressive eyes in many scenes, but other than that, the whole production is top drawer. Otto Preminger directs with a sure, professional hand. Ruth Warrick is also a plus as Andrew's neurotic wife. Production values are great. A super scene at The Stork Club, full of atmosphere and famous personalities making cameo appearances. Look for John Garfield seated at the bar sipping a drink! This is a MUST for Crawford fans. You won't be disappointed.
Description of Daisy Kenyon (Fox Film Noir)
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 03/11/2008 Run time: 99 minutes Rating: NrOtto Preminger's Daisy Kenyon is an unsung beauty from Hollywood's golden age, a remarkably good and intelligent movie that's all the more gratifying because it could so easily have come out formulaic and sappy. In 1947 it was regarded (and implicitly shrugged off) as a "women's picture" or, more specifically, a "Joan Crawford picture." But there's more going on here. This was shortly after the Oscar for Mildred Pierce revived the actress's career, and the nature of a Crawford picture was changing since she had entered her (gasp) 40s. New York careerwoman Daisy (a magazine illustrator) is trying to break off her longtime affair with a high-profile lawyer and family man (Dana Andrews), and tentatively beginning a relationship with an attractive WWII veteran and widower (Henry Fonda). The men's roles are as important as Crawford's, and neither man is entirely what he first seems--Andrews a self-centered manipulator in all arenas, Fonda a poetic New Englander who used to design boats. Enough ambivalence, wounded psyches, and intimate violence surface to make the movie a kissing cousin to film noir... albeit a variation of noir in which no gun is pulled. Noir also leaks in through the gorgeous Fox craftsmanship. Leon Shamroy's lustrous lighting paints the characters and their studio-made, persuasively three-dimensional environs with insinuating shadow, while still serving director Preminger's penchant for fluid camerawork and mise-en-sc?ne that doesn't dictate our attitudes toward the characters. The production is a model of Hollywood professionalism at every level, and the three star performances are each atypical and complex, with Crawford more restrained and thoughtful than we're accustomed to seeing her. And speaking of model performances, plan to rewatch the film while listening to the commentary by Foster Hirsch, author of the excellent critical biography, Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King; Hirsch is especially sharp on Preminger's stylistic choices and the underappreciated Dana Andrews. --Richard T. Jameson
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