Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Commercial artist Daisy Kenyon is involved with married lawyer Dan O'Mara, and hopes someday to marry him, if he ever divorces his wife Lucille. She meets returning veteran Peter, a decent and caring man, whom she does not love, but who offers her love and a more hopeful relationship. She marries him... just as Dan gets a divorce. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Otto Preminger
Written By: David Hertz, Elizabeth Janeway
Starring: Henry Fonda, Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Ruth Warrick, Peggy Ann Garner, Martha Stewart, Connie Marshall, Nicholas Joy
Country: USA
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Daisy Kenyon belongs to 14 collections
1. Film Noir (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 55 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
3. The Obscure, the Forgotten, and the Unloved (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 14 stars)
4. David Thomson's 1000 Films (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 7 stars)
5. Best of Classic Old Hollywood (pre-70s) (public: moderated by 90sCoffee - 6 stars)
6. Doubling the Canon (2012 update) (public: moderated by Cinephile - 1 star)
7. FOX Film Noir (public: moderated by iceblox)
8. Further Beyond the Canon (public: moderated by MartinTeller)
9. They Shoot Pictures: More American Noir, 1940-64 (Cat. C) (private: afx237vi - 5 stars)
10. Dan Sallitt "red" films (private: Scottathon - 3 stars)
11. The 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time: Slant Magazine (private: TychoCelchuu - 2 stars)
12. Rewatch & Random (private: ForrestQ)
13. Forrest Watch List (private: ForrestQ)
14. Filmstruck (private: caffe)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Mar 18, 2021 | PUNQ | 60 89% |
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One of the more interesting characters Dana Andrews portrayed during his career. He's an cheating asshole obsessed with his love-on-the-side Joan Crawford, but when she gets married to less complicated Henry Fonda he clicks and goes on a destructive path. Not sure I liked the story on any level, but with Andrews being such a prick, there was elements to get me watching Daisy Kenyon (1947).
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| Oct 22, 2019 |  |
CCLZA | 80 77% |
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I was surprised at how amazing this little known Crawford vehicle is. It features one of her best, most concentrated, intimate performances. Preminger goes straight to the point and the frankness of the script and streamlining of the director are commendable. The camerawork was specially engrossing and nurtures the storytelling. Will revisit for years to come.
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| Mar 14, 2019 | napolenbrady | 84 23% |
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| Sep 28, 2016 |  |
wetwillies | 90 80% |
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Complicated, flawed people, searching so deeply for the things that will make them happiest, destroying lives in the process. There are glimmers of noir, shades of melodrama, but in the end, what makes Daisy Kenyon so remarkable is how it sheds convention to create one of the most painfully realistic portraits of relationships that I've ever seen. It is Hollywood filmmaking at its finest, but you've also never seen a Hollywood movie quite like this one.
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| Jul 12, 2016 |  |
david_choate | 95 84% |
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A strange, fascinating melodrama as much about post-WWII life as it is about affairs and love triangles. The dualities continue beyond its purposes and number of suitors, however- it throws itself wholeheartedly into both heightened and realistic sensibilities, and actually pulls that off, believe it or not. Kenyon establishes the resulting tone early and with aplomb by introducing itself with a romantic flourish of a musical score, then revealed to be a song playing on a radio.
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| May 23, 2016 | Malcym | 6 54% |
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Crawford, although miscast, is as watchable as ever. Henry Fonda is rather too stolid but Dana Andrews is terrific, giving by far the strongest work in the film. I wasn't convinced by the ending but enough enjoyable stuff up to then to keep it chugging along amiably enough.
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| Nov 14, 2015 |  |
PeaceAnarchy | 85 81% |
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It never makes a false move and as it goes on it feels more and more honest and more and more tragic and as a consequence more and more compelling. The writing isn't the sharpest and the leads have all given better performances, but it all fits together to build up to something really great. There are some missteps here and there, but the film quickly recovers so they feel more like organic missteps from the characters or life than bad writing. It snuck up on me.
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| Oct 23, 2015 |  |
ITBSPodcast | 100 0% |
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"Do you think these dysfunctional personalities are essential to film noir?" "Absolutely!"
http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2014/11/episode-36-films-noir-of-otto-preminger.html
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| May 22, 2013 |  |
Kerc | 25 82% |
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Henry Fonda and Joan Crawford shine bright, but Dana Andrews won me over the most with his noble, witty lout whose flashy alpha male tendencies ultimately cut a tragic figure as Fonda stoops to conquer.
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| Apr 16, 2012 | skubas | 30 22% |
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| Aug 10, 2011 |  |
tonydal | 65 28% |
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Undistinguished sudser. Not much of a plot, and the Fonda character remains in an undeveloped, enigmatic state. Joan is very good throughout, but Fonda is limited as usual, and Andrews seems a bit miscast (his stone-faced approach not really suitable for such a roguish lout). Some exciting moments in the score anyway.
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| Dec 01, 2010 |  |
SlantMag | 35 90% |
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"Fairly recently, Otto Preminger's Daisy Kenyon has been starting to get some of the acclaim and attention it deserves." - Dan Callahan
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| Mar 24, 2009 |  |
iceblox | 64 45% |
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I thought the three main characters went around in circles, with no idea as to what they really want, a bit too much.
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| Average Percentile 65.2% from 120 Ratings |  |