Tender Is the Night (film)

Tender Is the Night
Original lobby card
Directed by	Henry King
Screenplay by	Ivan Moffat
Based on	The 1934 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Produced by	Henry T. Weinstein
Starring	Jennifer Jones Jason Robards, Jr. Joan Fontaine Tom Ewell Cesare Danova Jill St. John Paul Lukas
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy, A.S.C.
Edited by	William Reynolds, A.C.E.
Music by	Bernard Herrmann
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	January 19, 1962 (1962-01-19)
Running time	142 minutes (132 minutes - FMC Library Print)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.9 million[1]
Box office	$1.25 million (US/ Canada)[2][3]

Tender Is the Night is a 1962 American film directed by Henry King and starring Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards, Jr. King's last film, it is based on the 1934 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. Robards won the 1962 NBR Award for his performances in Tender Is the Night and Long Day's Journey Into Night.

King's previous film had been Beloved Infidel, a biographical drama about Fitzgerald, author of Tender Is the 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.