Daisy Kenyon (1947)

[spanky87]

Daisy Kenyon - Blu-ray

Kino Lorber have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray director Otto Preminger's film Daisy Kenyon (1947), starring Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick, and Peggy Ann Garner. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.

Synopsis: 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.

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=19137

Daisy Kenyon (1947) Trailer - YouTube

[BluPat]

Yay! Daisy Kenyon with Joan Crawford on Blu-ray November 15! With Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda! Thank you Kino!

[Iamspartacus]

Watched this tonight. Really good film.

[spanky87]

Took some screencaps:

[PowellPressburger]

Got my copy today. Going to save this one for the weekend. :-)

[javi92]

Looks like a nice organic transfer of an IP probably.

[The Great Owl]

I just finished watching my Kino Lorber Blu-ray of Daisy Kenyon.

Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce, Sudden Fear) plays a career woman who is caught in the middle of a love triangle between a married attorney, played by Dana Andrews (Laura, Where the Sidewalk Ends), and a traumatized veteran played by Henry Fonda (12 Angry Men, Once Upon a Time in the West). Director Otto Preminger (Laura, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Anatomy of a Murder) keeps this film on the right tracks with realistic character interactions. This is a film noir of a different sort, in that it is a drama first and foremost that brushes with noir by way of some darker plot elements, namely postwar trauma, infidelity, and a poetic, yet saddening, outcome of loss for one of the characters.

This Kino Lorber Blu-ray looks naturally filmic, and also sports a decent audio presentation that is good enough that I didn't miss subtitles. The documentaries are engaging, and the commentary track makes a good case for this film's unlikely inclusion in the film noir genre.