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Inside Daisy Clover
Inside Daisy Clover
	Original film poster
Directed by	Robert Mulligan
Written by	Gavin Lambert
Produced by	Alan J. Pakula
Starring	Natalie Wood; Christopher Plummer; Robert Redford; Roddy McDowall; Ruth Gordon
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Edited by	Aaron Stell
Music by	André Previn
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 22, 1965;
Running time	128 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)

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Inside Daisy Clover is a 1965 American drama film based on Gavin Lambert's 1963 novel of the same name, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Natalie Wood. It follows an eponymous tomboy who becomes a Hollywood actress and singer.

Plot

In 1936 Santa Monica, Daisy Clover is a tomboy, living with her eccentric mother Lucile, in a ramshackle trailer. Wishing to become an actress, Daisy submits a recorded song to studio owner, Raymond Swan.

Swan puts her under contract for five years. Raymond's wife, Melora, asks Daisy to deal with her job. Lucile is sent to the hospital for mental institution. Daisy meets and spends time with fellow actor, Wade Lewis. Raymond fears that the romance will interrupt Daisy's job. Wade asks Daisy to marry him and the ceremony is held at Raymond's house. During the honeymoon, Wade drives off and leaves Daisy in Arizona. When she returns to California, an extremely intoxicated Melora reveals to Daisy that she had an affair with the closet homosexual Wade. Raymond tells Daisy about Wade's orientation, as he did for Melora. Raymond and Daisy begin an affair.

Daisy sends Lucile to a beach house, but Lucile dies. Daisy suffers a nervous breakdown and spends her days at home under the care of a private nurse. Melora visits and assures Daisy that she is not jealous about Raymond. Becoming impatient with Daisy's long recovery, Raymond tells her she must finish her contract and pending film. After Raymond and the nurse leave the house, Daisy fails to commit suicide and so decides to leave everything behind. Before leaving, she turns on the oven's gas and the kitchen stove, causing the house to explode and catch fire.

Cast

Natalie Wood: Daisy Clover
Christopher Plummer: Raymond Swan
Robert Redford: Wade Lewis (AKA "The Prince of Darkness")
Ruth Gordon: Lucile Clover
Roddy McDowall: Walter Baines
Katharine Bard: Melora Swan
Peter Helm: Milton Hopwood
Betty Harford: Gloria Clover Goslett
John Hale: Harry Goslett
Harold Gould: Cop on Pier
Ottola Nesmith: Dolores
Edna Holland: Cynara

Reception

Upon its release, the film was a box office and critical failure.^[2] However, the film later gained a cult following when it was shown on television and released on home video.^[3] At the time of the film's release, homosexuality was a highly taboo subject matter within American society, and prior to the 1960s, had been one of the topics that the Hollywood Hays Code had expressly prohibited. Redford reportedly insisted that his character, gay in the original novel, has some interest in women. Likewise the studio, fearful of the potential controversy, insisted that the film only acknowledge the character's bisexuality through a few bits of dialogue.^[4] Despite these limitations, the film is generally recognized for one of the early depictions of a gay or bisexual character in American cinema who is not ashamed of his sexuality and does not commit suicide.^[4]

Soundtrack

Wood's singing voice was dubbed by session singer Jackie Ward with the exception of the introduction to the song "You're Gonna Hear from Me" (by Dory Previn and André Previn, who composed the score).^[5] The song was later recorded by Connie Francis for the album Movie Greats of The60s (1966), Dionne Warwick for the album The Windows of the World (1967), Scott Walker on his début solo album Scott (1967) and by Barbra Streisand on The Movie Album (2003). Wood's vocal recordings, completed for other songs, were unused and unheard on commercial recordings until the Film Score Monthly was released in April 2009.

Accolades

Year	Award	Result	Category	Recipient
1966	38th Academy Awards	Nominated	Best Costume Design	Edith Head and Bill Thomas
			Best Art Direction	Robert Clatworthy and George Hopkins
			Best Supporting Actress	Ruth Gordon
	24th Golden Globe Awards		Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy	Natalie Wood
		Won	Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor	Robert Redford
		Won	Best Supporting Actress	Ruth Gordon

References

^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1966", Variety, 4 January 1967 p 8
^ Lambert, Gavin (2004). Natalie Wood: A Life. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 394. ISBN 0-375-41074-0.
^ Lambert, Gavin (2004). Natalie Wood: A Life. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 589. ISBN 0-375-41074-0.
^ ^a ^b Kregloe, Karman (April 16, 2007). "Ten Actors Who Played Gay". AfterEllen.com. Evolve Media. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
^ Lambert, Gavin (2004). Natalie Wood: A Life. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 383. ISBN 0-375-41074-0.

External links

Inside Daisy Clover at IMDb
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Inside Daisy Clover at Rotten Tomatoes
Inside Daisy Clover at the TCM Movie Database
on set 8mm movie by Roddy McDowall

[1] "Big Rental Pictures of 1966", Variety, 4 January 1967 p 8

[2] Lambert, Gavin (2004). Natalie Wood: A Life. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 394. ISBN 0-375-41074-0.

[3] Lambert, Gavin (2004). Natalie Wood: A Life. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 589. ISBN 0-375-41074-0.

[afterelton-4] Kregloe, Karman (April 16, 2007). "Ten Actors Who Played Gay". AfterEllen.com. Evolve Media. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

[5] Lambert, Gavin (2004). Natalie Wood: A Life. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 383. ISBN 0-375-41074-0.

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