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The World of Henry Orient (1964) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by George Roy Hill and produced by Jerome Hellman.

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By The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 13, 2021 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

In this publicity photo for The World of Henry Orient ( 1964 ), pianist Henry Orient ( Peter Sellars ) is surrounded by his two greatest fans Val and Gil ( Tippy Walker and Marrie Spaeth ) and is not pleased at all about it! Especially since he thinks they are agents sent by his mistress's husband t... Read full article

The World of Henry Orient (1964)

By Beatrice on Mar 28, 2018 From Flickers in Time

The World of Henry Orient Directed by George Roy Hill Written by Nora Johnson and Nunnally Johnson from Nora Johnson’s novel 1964/USA Pan Arts Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant I first saw this in the theater as a pre-teen.  This coming-of-age comedy holds up well into adulthood. Thirteen-year... Read full article

The World of Henry Orient (1964)

on Sep 9, 2015 From Journeys in Classic Film

It’s not often a film focusing on teenagers doesn’t devolve into two young girls bickering about finding romance. Romance blooms in George Roy Hill’s The World of Henry Orient, but it’s that heady, semi-obsessive first crush on an impossible man that nearly every teenage girl... Read full article

The World of Henry Orient (1964) screening at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival

By Raquel Stecher on May 8, 2014 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

The line to get into The World of Henry Orient (1964) screening at the TCM Classic Film Festival was a bit hectic but well worth the temporary chaos. I knew nothing about the film except that Paula Prentiss was in it and that she would be at the screening. It was an added bonus that actress Merrie S... Read full article

The World of Henry Orient (1964) screening at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival

By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

The line to get into The World of Henry Orient (1964) screening at the TCM Classic Film Festival was a bit hectic but well worth the temporary chaos. I knew nothing about the film except that Paula Prentiss was in it and that she would be at the screening. It was an added bonus that actress Merrie S... Read full article

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The World of Henry Orient Quotes:

[defending her friendship with Val]
Marian Gilbert: Valerie Boyd's just about the most linquent girl I've ever met in my whole life!
[repeated line]
Marian Gilbert: Golly Moses!
[Describing his encounter with "Gil" and "Val", during an intimate moment with Mrs. Dunnworthy]
Henry Orient: ...And then two small bladders came out of their mouths. And just when she was beginning to hum, too.
Stella Dunnworthy: This is exactly the sort of thing George would think of, little girl detectives that no one would suspect.
Sidney: Don't you understand what I'm trying to tell you, Henry? You're in trouble. If I keep telling them you're at the dentist's, they're going to want to count your teeth.
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The World of Henry Orient Facts
Among the numerous hassles that producer Jerome Hellman faced during production were problems with the craft unions and scheduling problems over Peter Sellers's other commitments.
The pianist's unusual surname - Orient - was inspired by real-life concert pianist Oscar Levant. The word "levant" means orient in French.
Jack Benny:  Has a wordless cameo as a percussionist during Henry Orient's concert. He gives Henry the trademark Benny "look".
Shot from June to October 1963.
The first time Elmer Bernstein scored a comedy.
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