Daisy Miller (1974)

In 'Daisy Miller' Peter Bogdanovich directs his then lover Cybill Shepherd opposite Barry Brown in an adaptation of the 1878 Henry James novella of the same name. An ill fated love among ex patriot Americans in Switzerland and Italy, even Bogdanovich has owned up to this movie being an odd choice for him at the time. There is certinally a novelty to the piece, and an admirable formality. Talkie and kind of a blah story, but its well mounted and has its charms. Shepherd is pretty and Brown gives an intriguing performance, he may have had a real career in the making but was felled by suicide 4 years later at the age of 27. **1/2