Diane (1956 film)

Diane
Original film poster
Directed byDavid Miller
Written byChristopher Isherwood
John Erskine
Produced byEdwin H. Knopf
StarringLana Turner
Pedro Armendáriz
Roger Moore
Marisa Pavan
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Torin Thatcher
Taina Elg
John Lupton
Henry Daniell
CinematographyRobert H. Planck
Edited byJohn McSweeney Jr.
Music byMiklós Rózsa
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • January 12, 1956 (1956-01-12)
Running time
110 min
CountryUnited States
Budget$2,660,000[1]
Box office$1,232,000[1]

Diane is a 1956 American historical drama film about the life of Diane de Poitiers, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by David Miller, and produced by Edwin H. Knopf from a screenplay by Christopher Isherwood based on a story by John Erskine. The music score was composed by Miklós Rózsa, and Robert H. Planck was the cinematographer, who filmed in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor. The exceptionally lavish costumes were designed by Walter Plunkett.

The film stars Lana Turner, Pedro Armendáriz, Roger Moore, and Marisa Pavan, and features Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Torin Thatcher, Taina Elg, John Lupton, Henry Daniell, Melville Cooper and an early film appearance by Stuart Whitman. It was Turner's last film under her longtime MGM contract and thus marked another stage in the decline of the studio star system.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.