Darling (Original title)
Dates: 1965 (Copyright), 17 October 1965 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: John Schlesinger
Synopsis: A beautiful amoral girl sacrifices everything and everybody to the satisfaction of her whims, but at the end she is trapped in a loveless marriage.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: London, Relationships, Advertising
Releases
Date: 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 127 mins Length: 11458 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: UnreleasedFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 5 mins
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 128 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: Jazz in the 1960s British new wave cinema: an interview...Author: GRIFFITH, Frank Article type: BibliographyLanguage: English
Description: "...with Sir John Dankworth". Interview with Sir John Dankwo rth about the use of jazz-influenced scores in British films from the 1960s, including his scores for: SATURDAY NIGHT AN D SUNDAY MORNING, The CRIMINAL, The SERVANT and DARLING. /
In: Cinema Retro v2 n6 Autumn 2006 Pages: 8-10
Title: Benson turns the clock back - 1965Author: BENSON, Raymond Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: The author briefly examines the cinema of 1965 and lists his top ten films from that year.
In: Sight and Sound v13 n9 September 2003 Page: 67
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n169 July 2003 Page: 140
Title: RwdAuthor: PETERS, Patrick Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: In the Picture n36 Summer 1999 Pages: 24-26
Title: What does the swinging sixties mean in the 1990s?Author: STAFFORD, Roy Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: The reaction of a group of A level students to a screening of DARLING.
In: Screen v26 n1 Jan/Feb 1985 Pages: 50-65
Title: [Screen - v26 n1 Jan/Feb 1985: no known title]Language: English
Description: Examination of female identiy and sexuality in this film and SAPPHIRE (1959).
In: Positif n83 April 1967 Page: 34
Title: [Positif - n83 April 1967: no known title]Language: French
In: Film Quarterly v19 n3 Spring 1966 Pages: 40-41
Title: [Film Quarterly - v19 n3 Spring 1966: no known title]Author: MACKLIN, F.A. Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: British National Film Catalogue v3 1965
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v3 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2988 7 Jan 1965 Page: 8
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2988 7 Jan 1965: no known title]Language: English
Description: On production.
In: Films and Filming v12 n1 October 1965 Page: 24
Title: [Films and Filming - v12 n1 October 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 21 Jul 1965
Title: [Variety - 21 Jul 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n9102 11 Aug 1965 Page: 10
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9102 11 Aug 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v32 n380 September 1965 Page: 132
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v32 n380 September 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v34 n4 Autumn 1965 Page: 196
Title: [Sight and Sound - v34 n4 Autumn 1965: no known title]Author: HOUSTON, Penelope Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Author: Brown, Julia Prewitt Pages: x, 170 pages
Title: London on film
Author: Hirsch, Pam Pages: xv, 257 pages
Title: Film scripts four
Author: GARRETT, George P Pages: 500p.
Description: Final shooting scripts of A hard day's night, The best man and Darling. DARLING pp. 297-424 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT pp. 37-145
Title: Darling
Author: RAPHAEL, Frederic Pages: 157p
Title: Studying British cinema: the 1960s
Author: POWELL, Danny Pages: 250 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 11437 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-38845
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 11371 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-1021971
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1330856
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(3)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-592134
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1330856
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376142
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(6)
Description: PositiveBFI identifier: C-38847
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: N-3651117
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-38844
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 11426 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-1059368
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 11437 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-38845
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 11371 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-1021971
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Dates: 1965 (Copyright), 17 October 1965 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: John Schlesinger
Synopsis: A beautiful amoral girl sacrifices everything and everybody to the satisfaction of her whims, but at the end she is trapped in a loveless marriage.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: London, Relationships, Advertising
Releases
Date: 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 127 mins Length: 11458 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: UnreleasedFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 5 mins
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 128 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(34)
©: Appia Films, Production Company: Vic Films, A Joseph Jianni production/Produced by: Joseph Janni, Associate Producer: Victor Lyndon, Unit Manager: Ed Harper, Location Manager: Mara Blasetti, Assistant Director: Kip Gowans, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Stuart A. Black, Continuity: Ann Skinner, Casting Director: Miriam Brickman, Screenplay by: Frederic Raphael, [Script Collaborator]: Troy Kennedy Martin, Based on an idea by: Frederic Raphael, Based on an idea by: John Schlesinger, Joseph Janni, Director of Photography: Ken Higgins, Camera Operator: John Harris, Assistant Cameraman: Bernard Ford, Graphic Design: Ted Southcott, Film Editor: James Clark, Art Director: Ray Simm, Set Decorator: David Ffolkes, Wardrobe Designer: Julie Harris, Wardrobe Mistress: Jackie Breed, Make-up Artist: Bob Lawrence, Hair Stylist: Joyce James, Processed at: Humphries Laboratories, Music Composed and Conducted by: John Dankworth, Sound Recordist: Peter Handford, John Aldred, Sound Editor: Malcolm Cooke, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Made at: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(39)
Dirk Bogarde (Robert Gold), Laurence Harvey (Miles Brand), Julie Christie (Diana Scott), José Luis de Vilallonga (Prince Cesare Della Romita), Roland Curram (Malcolm), Basil Henson (Alec Prosser-Jones), Helen Lindsay (Felicity Prosser-Jones), Carlo Palmucci (Curzio), Dante Posani (Gino), Umberto Raho (Paolucci), Marika Rivera (Paris party woman), Alex Scott (Sean Martin), Ernst Walder (Kurt), Brian Wilde (Basil Willett), Pauline Yates (Estelle Gold), Peter Bayliss (Lord Alex Grant), Richard Bidlake (Rupert Crabtree), Trevor Bowen (Tony Bridges, first husband), Annette Carbell (Billie Castiglione), Jean Claudio (Raoul Maxim), Georgina Cookson (Carlotta Hale), James Cossins (Basildon charity M.C.), Jane Downes (Julie), Hugo Dyson (Walter Southgate), David Harrison (Charles Glass), Irene Richmond (Mrs Glass), Ann Firbank (Sybil Martin), Tyler Butterworth (William Prosser-Jones), Angus Mackay (Ivor Dawlish), Margaret Gordon (Helen Dawlish), John Schlesinger (theatre director), Vernon Dobtcheff, Christopher Greatorex (art critic), Brian Moorehead (Leslie Page), Helen Stirling (governess to Cesare family), John Woodvine (customs officer), Jane Pearl (Jane), Ray Lovelock, Silvia Dionisio
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(15)
In: Journal of British Cinema and Television v3 n2 2006 Pages: 330-340Title: Jazz in the 1960s British new wave cinema: an interview...Author: GRIFFITH, Frank Article type: BibliographyLanguage: English
Description: "...with Sir John Dankworth". Interview with Sir John Dankwo rth about the use of jazz-influenced scores in British films from the 1960s, including his scores for: SATURDAY NIGHT AN D SUNDAY MORNING, The CRIMINAL, The SERVANT and DARLING. /
In: Cinema Retro v2 n6 Autumn 2006 Pages: 8-10
Title: Benson turns the clock back - 1965Author: BENSON, Raymond Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: The author briefly examines the cinema of 1965 and lists his top ten films from that year.
In: Sight and Sound v13 n9 September 2003 Page: 67
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n169 July 2003 Page: 140
Title: RwdAuthor: PETERS, Patrick Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: In the Picture n36 Summer 1999 Pages: 24-26
Title: What does the swinging sixties mean in the 1990s?Author: STAFFORD, Roy Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: The reaction of a group of A level students to a screening of DARLING.
In: Screen v26 n1 Jan/Feb 1985 Pages: 50-65
Title: [Screen - v26 n1 Jan/Feb 1985: no known title]Language: English
Description: Examination of female identiy and sexuality in this film and SAPPHIRE (1959).
In: Positif n83 April 1967 Page: 34
Title: [Positif - n83 April 1967: no known title]Language: French
In: Film Quarterly v19 n3 Spring 1966 Pages: 40-41
Title: [Film Quarterly - v19 n3 Spring 1966: no known title]Author: MACKLIN, F.A. Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: British National Film Catalogue v3 1965
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v3 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2988 7 Jan 1965 Page: 8
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2988 7 Jan 1965: no known title]Language: English
Description: On production.
In: Films and Filming v12 n1 October 1965 Page: 24
Title: [Films and Filming - v12 n1 October 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 21 Jul 1965
Title: [Variety - 21 Jul 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n9102 11 Aug 1965 Page: 10
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9102 11 Aug 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v32 n380 September 1965 Page: 132
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v32 n380 September 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v34 n4 Autumn 1965 Page: 196
Title: [Sight and Sound - v34 n4 Autumn 1965: no known title]Author: HOUSTON, Penelope Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
Title: films of John SchlesingerAuthor: Brown, Julia Prewitt Pages: x, 170 pages
Title: London on film
Author: Hirsch, Pam Pages: xv, 257 pages
Title: Film scripts four
Author: GARRETT, George P Pages: 500p.
Description: Final shooting scripts of A hard day's night, The best man and Darling. DARLING pp. 297-424 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT pp. 37-145
Title: Darling
Author: RAPHAEL, Frederic Pages: 157p
Title: Studying British cinema: the 1960s
Author: POWELL, Danny Pages: 250 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 11437 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-38845
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 11371 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-1021971
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1330856
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(3)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-592134
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1330856
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376142
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(6)
Description: PositiveBFI identifier: C-38847
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: N-3651117
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-38844
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 11426 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-1059368
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 11437 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-38845
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 11371 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-1021971
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)