Daisy Kenyon (Fox Film Noir)
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Product Description: Film noir a classic film style of the '40s and '50s is noted for its dark themes stark camera angles and high-contrast lighting. Comprising many of Hollywood's finest films film noir tells realistic stories about crime mystery femmes fatales and moral conflict.Joan Crawford Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda deliver dazzling performances in this "highly polished slick triangle melodrama" (The Film Daily) based on the novel by Elizabeth Janeway and directed by Otto Preminger!Daisy Kenyon (Crawford) is a lovelorn commercial artist caught in a romantic triangle with two men - one she loves but cannot have and one whose 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 here. Althought 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.System Requirements:Running Time: 99 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CLASSICS Rating: NR UPC: 024543446644 Manufacturer No: 2244664 Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-24
Enjoyable Women's Film
This "Fox Film Noir" series release is misleading. Despite starring Mildred Pierce's Joan Crawford, re-teaming Otto Preminger and Dana Andrews (Laura, Fallen Angel), and featuring Martha Stewart (In a Lonely Place), this film is by no means a "film noir," but it is a fine and enjoyable (but pretty much routine) vehicle for Joan Crawford, on loan-out to Fox from WB during her post-Mildred Pierce comeback phase, as a working "girl" torn between two lovers. Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda, as her suitors, an unhappily married wealthy lawyer with two daughters and a widowed WWII veteran/boat designer, are clearly fulfilling studio contract duties with this film and neither of them seems very inspired by their roles, but they get the job done and Joan Crawford is always fun to watch. If you like 1940s women's films, you'll enjoy watching this movie. If you want bonafide film noir, look elsewhere. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-22
Not the best of Joan Crawford's work but worth watching!
The quality of this DVD is mediocre but very watchable and somewhat enjoyable. It is always difficult to unwrap FOX dvd titles; the spine is always left damaged. I have seen this movie several times. It's just OK. Watch for yourself and judge. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-11
One of My Favorites
I have never written a review before, but needed to say that I am so taken with this movie, I have been watching it, including commercials, on an old vhs tape that has to be at least 15 years old. Yes, the story is nothing new, but I love this film for the clothes, lifestyle, and New York itself, right after WWII. Here is an independent woman with two men in love with her. She has her own apartment and a successful career, which were not necessarily the norm for films at this time. It was after the war and people wanted to see films about uniting families. We also see how "society" was, with The Stork Club and flowers and cocktails and sophisticated attitudes. Preminger directed this, as always, with his technique of story-telling. We are drawn in right from the beginning and want to watch until we see how it all concludes. He directed "Laura," also about an independent woman, in the same way (I could write a book about how much I adore "Laura"). I would not say this is what is popularly thought of as Film Noir; there is no murder mystery with detectives and tough guys, or suspicious characters in unsavory situations. This is 100% melodrama. And now on dvd--hurray! Rating:
Date: 2008-06-04
Joan Crawford never lets you down..
poor Joan..always torn between 2 men and she does it so well..This film won't let you down if your a Joan Crawford fan. Rating:
Date: 2008-05-28
Great "old" movie
Looked for this movie for many, many years and finally
"voila" there it was for purchase. "Daisy Kenyon" is a great
Joan Crawford movie from way back when they knew how to make
movies. Feared it might be a little outdated but it wasn't
and I really enjoyed seeing her, Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews
at their best again. |
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