The World of Henry Orient is a 1964 American comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Nora Johnson. It was directed by George Roy Hill and stars Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Phyllis Thaxter, Bibi Osterwald, and Tom Bosley. Filming started in June 1963 and wrapped in October of that year. The premiere was at Radio City Music Hall on March 19, 1964. In 1965 the film was nominated for the Gol...
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The World of Henry Orient is a 1964 American comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Nora Johnson. It was directed by George Roy Hill and stars Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Phyllis Thaxter, Bibi Osterwald, and Tom Bosley. Filming started in June 1963 and wrapped in October of that year. The premiere was at Radio City Music Hall on March 19, 1964. In 1965 the film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in the category "Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy", and for a Writers Guild of America Award for "Best Written American Comedy".
Concert pianist Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) is trying to have an affair with a married woman, Stella Dunnworthy (Paula Prentiss), while two preteen private-school girls, Valerie Boyd (Tippy Walker) and Marian Gilbert (Merrie Spaeth), stalk him and write their fantasies about him in a diary. Much of the humor of the film derives from Orient's paranoia that the two girls, who seem to pop up...
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