Tender is the Night (1962 film)
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Tender Is the Night is a 1962
film directed by Henry King
, based on the novel of the same name
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
. The soundtrack featured a song, also called "Tender Is the Night", by Sammy Fain
(music) and Paul Francis Webster
(lyrics), which was nominated for the 1962 Academy Award
for Best Song. Jason Robards
won the 1962 NBR Award
for his performances in Tender Is the Night and Long Day's Journey Into Night
. There are interesting backstage anecdotes about pre-production in "Memo from David O. Selznick
," an edited collection of the iconic producer's letters and notes. Selznick's then-wife was sought and cast as the film's lead, and his letters reflect insight into the casting process (Jane Fonda
had wanted to play Rosemary; William Holden
, Henry Fonda
and Christopher Plummer
were considered for Dick), the creative angst around the project, and Selznick's own clever insights into the source novel and its requirements to become a successful film property.
1962 in film
The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May - The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards are officially founded by the Taiwanese government....
film directed by Henry King
Henry King (director)
Henry King was an American film director.Before coming to film, King worked as an actor in various repertoire theatres, and first started to take small film roles in 1912. He directed for the first time in 1915, and grew to become one of the most commercially successful Hollywood directors of the...
, based on the novel of the same name
Tender is the Night
Tender Is the Night is a novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was his fourth and final completed novel, and was first published in Scribner's Magazine between January-April, 1934 in four issues...
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost...
. The soundtrack featured a song, also called "Tender Is the Night", by Sammy Fain
Sammy Fain
Sammy Fain was an American composer of popular music.-Biography:Sammy Fain was born in New York City. In 1923, Fain appeared with Artie Dunn in a short film directed by Lee De Forest filmed in DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process. In 1925, Fain left the Fain-Dunn act to devote himself to...
(music) and Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.-Biography:...
(lyrics), which was nominated for the 1962 Academy Award
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
for Best Song. Jason Robards
Jason Robards
Jason Nelson Robards, Jr. was an American actor on stage, and in film and television, and a winner of the Tony Award , two Academy Awards and the Emmy Award...
won the 1962 NBR Award
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr.'s revocation of moving-picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908. The mayor believed that the new medium...
for his performances in Tender Is the Night and Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey into Night (1962 film)
Long Day's Journey into Night is a 1962 film adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill play. It was directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Ely Landau with Joseph E. Levine and Jack J. Dreyfus, Jr. as executive producers. The screenplay was by Eugene O'Neill, the music score by André Previn and the...
. There are interesting backstage anecdotes about pre-production in "Memo from David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick was an American film producer. He is best known for having produced Gone with the Wind and Rebecca , both of which earned him an Oscar for Best Picture.-Early years:...
," an edited collection of the iconic producer's letters and notes. Selznick's then-wife was sought and cast as the film's lead, and his letters reflect insight into the casting process (Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other movie awards and nominations during more than 50 years as an...
had wanted to play Rosemary; William Holden
William Holden
William Holden was an American actor. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1954 and the Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1974...
, Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor.Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins...
and Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer
Arthur Christopher Orne Plummer, CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1957's Stage Struck, and notable early film performances include Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther and The Man Who Would Be King.In a career that spans over five...
were considered for Dick), the creative angst around the project, and Selznick's own clever insights into the source novel and its requirements to become a successful film property.
Cast
- Jennifer Jones .... Nicole Diver
- Jason Robards Jr.Jason RobardsJason Nelson Robards, Jr. was an American actor on stage, and in film and television, and a winner of the Tony Award , two Academy Awards and the Emmy Award...
.... Dr. Dick Diver - Joan FontaineJoan FontaineJoan de Beauvoir de Havilland , known professionally as Joan Fontaine, is a British American actress. She and her elder sister Olivia de Havilland are two of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s....
.... Baby Warren - Tom EwellTom EwellTom Ewell was an American actor.-Early life and career:Born Samuel Yewell Tompkins in Owensboro, Kentucky, where his family expected him to follow in their footsteps as lawyers or whiskey and tobacco dealers....
.... Abe North - Cesare DanovaCesare DanovaCesare Danova was a television and screen actor. Born as Cesare Deitinger in Bergamo, Italy to an Austrian father and an Italian mother, he adopted Danova as his stage name after becoming an actor in Rome at the end of World War II. He emigrated to the United States in the 1950s to make the film...
.... Tommy Barban - Jill St. JohnJill St. JohnJill St. John is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Tiffany Case, the lead Bond girl in Diamonds Are Forever.-Early life:...
.... Rosemary Hoyt - Paul LukasPaul LukasPaul Lukas was an Austrian-Hungarian-born actor.-Biography:Born Pál Lukács in Budapest, he arrived in Hollywood in 1927 after a successful stage and film career in Hungary, Germany and Austria where he worked with Max Reinhardt. He made his stage debut in Budapest in 1916 and his film debut in 1917...
.... Doctor Dohmler - Bea BenaderetBea BenaderetBea Benaderet was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She is best remembered for her wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate...
.... Mrs. McKisco - Charles E. Fredericks .... Mr. McKisco
- Sanford MeisnerSanford MeisnerSanford Meisner , also known as Sandy, was an American actor and acting teacher who developed a form of Method acting that is now known as the Meisner technique....
.... Doctor Gregorovious - Mac McWhorter .... Colis Clay
- Albert Carrier .... Louis
- Richard de Combray .... Francisco
- Carole Mathews .... Mrs. Hoyt
- Alan NapierAlan NapierAlan William Napier-Clavering was an English actor, best known for portraying Alfred Pennyworth in the 1960s live-action Batman television series.-Early life and career:...
.... Pardo - Leslie Farrell .... Topsy Diver
- Michael Crisalli .... Lanier Diver
- Earl GrantEarl GrantEarl Grant was an American easy listening pianist, Hammond organist, and vocalist popular in the 1950s and 1960s.-Career:...
.... Piano Player - Katherine Berger .... Nurse
- Jean Bori .... Barber
- Maggi Brown .... Bit Part
- Arlette Clark .... Governess
- George Clark .... Young Roman Aristocrat
- Con Covert .... Female Impersonator
- Maurice Dallimore .... Sir Charles Golding
- Jean De Briac .... Dr. Faurore
- Marcel De la Brosse .... Proprietor
- Bruno Della Santina .... Reception Clerk
- Vera de Winter .... Nurse
- Nora Evans .... Singer
- Eric Feldary .... Headwaiter
- Jacques Gallo .... Gendarme
- Renee Godfrey .... Nurse
- Tom HernándezTom HernándezTom Hernández was a Spanish - American actor whose characters were always secondary. He also player the character Don Diego at the annual fair Del Mar Fair in San Diego...
.... Nobelman - Linda Hutchins .... Bit Part
- Michael Korda .... Italian Gentleman
- Joseph La Cava .... Bartender
- Armand Largo .... Reporter
- Louis Mercier .... Concierge
- Gilbert Paol .... Maitre d'Hotel
- Carl Princi .... Assistant Manager
- John RichardsonJohn Richardson (actor)John Richardson is an English actor, who appeared in movies from the 1950s until the 1990s.He appeared in many Italian films, including Mario Bava's Black Sunday...
.... Young man - Art Salter .... Photographer
- Orrin Tucker .... Musician
- Carol Veazie .... Mrs. Dumphrey
- Florene Williams .... Girl