Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Binding: DVD EAN: 0024543446644 Format: Black & White Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2008-03-11 Running Time: 99 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: 1947
Customer Rating: Summary: Easy to Overlook Comment: This is an easy to overlook movie from Joan Crawford's noir lead renaissance in the late 40s.
Most of them were made by her home studio Warner Brothers, but for this one, she was loaned out to 20th Century Fox. It is not as well known, or readily available as her WB films.
The style of this movie is clearly noir, but the subject matter is a love triangle. Where is the murder, or the serious mental illness, or the organised crime syndicate? The subject matter seems a bit at odds with the style. That is not to say that it makes it a bad movie, but it can be heavy going for a relatively simple and benign plot.
Joan is well at home in the genre, and wrings every emotion from her lines. Here she looks and acts most like 'Mildred Pierce' of all her other movies. Dana Andrews and especially Henry Fonda provide excellent foils for her.
The disc has a good 'making of' featurette, and another about producer Otto Preminger.
If you are a fan of Joan Crawford you will love it. Customer Rating: Summary: Another Fantastic Film Staring Miss Crawford Comment: Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford) is a lovelorn commercial artist caught in a romantic triangle with two men - one she loves but cannot have and one who's love she cannot return. While in an emotionally draining love affair with married attorney Dan O'Mara (Dana Andrews), who refuses to leave his wife, she meets returning army sergeant Peter Lapham (Henry Fonda) "a decent and gentle man" who instantly falls in love with her. Although she carries a torch for Dan, she knows Peter will give her the secure life she desires and she agrees to marry him. But when Dan divorces his wife, Daisy is suddenly torn between her obligations¡and her passions.
Bonus features include:
- Audio commentary by Film Noir historian, Foster Hirsch
- From Journeyman to Artist: Otto Preminger at Twentieth Century Fox featurette
- Life in the Shadows: The Making of Daisy Kenyon
- Poster, still, and behind the scenes galleries
- Interactive pressbook
- Theatrical trailer
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