THE FILM
FILM DIRECTOR: Peter Bogdanovich
SCREENWRITER: Frederic Raphael
FILM STARS: Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Cloris Leachman, Mildred Natwick, Eileen Brennan, James McMurtry, Duilio Del Prete
COUNTRY: USA
THIS BOOK
AUTHOR: Henry James
TYPE: Novella
PUBLISHER: Penguin
THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1974
COUNTRY: Great Britain
COVER: Paperback
THE ORIGINAL BOOK
ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above
YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1878
ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: The film title
NOTES
GENRE: Period Drama
WORDS: Henry James classic novella about Americans (in this case a young attractive woman) abroad in late 19th century. A favourite theme of his. Along with women in society, social conventions, old world new world, young versus old, innocence and vulgarity, class. It’s a good read. The film, directed by the great Peter Bogdanovich, starring his then girlfriend Cybil Shepherd has the pacing and attention to detail of a 1930s “prestige” film, and the look, despite the colour, of a 70s meets 30s films which is, very Bogdanovich (especially around this time). It was filmed in Italy and Switzerland and has, director John Ford regular Mildred Natwick in a supporting role. I only mention that because Bogdanovich was a Ford aficionado.
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