The World of Henry Orient

Step into the world of Henry Orient...and meet two junior-size misses and one king-size nut!
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DVD Details

  • Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 23, 2017
  • Originally Released: 1964
  • Label: KL Studios Classics

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User Ratings: 1,336
Rating: 4/5 -- Charming story of childhood friendship with great young cast.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Nov 24, 2003
Rating: 8/10 -- ...one of the warmest, most delightful, and honest portrayals of female adolescence in cinema. Full Review
The Retro Set
Dec 28, 2018
Rating: A -- An immensely enjoyable film. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dec 1, 2006
Rating: 5/5 -- The beauty of the comedy is in its closeness to the emotions of the youngsters
Movie City News
Jul 21, 2006
Rating: 3/4 -- A memorable picture in which youthful exuberance believably gives way to the bracing pain of parental betrayal and dashed expectations. Full Review
Creative Loafing
Aug 8, 2015

Product Description:

Peter Sellers stars as Henry Orient, a New York concert pianist whose ego considerably outstrips his meager talent. Yet this seems to not have blunted his charm for Valerie Boyd (Tippy Walker) and Merrie Spaeth (Marian Gilbert), a pair of barely adolescent girls who have become infatuated with him. The two friends follow the hapless pianist everywhere, making it difficult for him to conduct a discreet romance with Stella (Paula Prentiss), a married woman. The suspicious Stella believes that the girls are spying on behalf of her jealous husband. In addition, Valerie's self-absorbed and adulterous mother, Isabel (Angela Lansbury), has come across a scrapbook the two girls have compiled on the pianist and, believing the worst, barrels into his apartment, accusing the musician of having seduced her daughter. Orient skillfully puts the woman's fears to rest and, before long, is coaxing her into his bed. When Valerie learns of her mother's fling with her idol, she's predictably devastated. To add insult to injury, her mother forbids her to see Merrie. The product of a more innocent time, the comedy retains great appeal as it deftly counterpoints the theme of the pleasures and pains of early adolescence with that of the foibles of adulthood. The cast is uniformly excellent, with comic genius Sellers near the peak of his powers as the eccentric pianist.

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  • Sales Rank: 13,069
  • UPC: 738329214838
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