DAISY MILLER (1974)

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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