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THE WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT
U.S., 1964
Directed by George Roy Hill
Based on Nora Johnson’s 1958 novel The World of Henry Orient
Starring Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker, Angela Lansbury, Paula Prentiss, Merrie Spaeth
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Approx. 106 min. 35mm.
Long-hair pianist Sellers battles music to a draw, but it’s affairus interruptus with Paula Prentiss, thanks to the innocent stalking of teenage fans Tippy Walker and Merrie Spaeth, in a Gotham seemingly ripped from the pages of The New Yorker. First movie to feature costumes designed by Ann Roth.
Presented with support from The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Reviews
“One of the most joyous and comforting movies about teenagers we’ve had.”
– Bosley Crowther, The New York Times