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starring: Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansburydirected by: George Roy Hill
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302946499
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302946492
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: March 02, 1994
Running Time: 106 minutes
Sales Rank: 3433
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1964
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
The World of Henry Orient would be a classic, if only more people knew about it. Here are the adventures of two prep-school Manhattan girls, memorably played by Merrie Spaeth and Tippy Walker, who decide to dedicate a brief but crucial moment in their lives to the adoration of one Henry Orient (Peter Sellers). Orient is a concert pianist--with curiously uncertain accent--more renowned for his mistresses than his playing. (Although Sellers is onscreen for less than half the picture, he sketches one of his comic gems.) The movie has a wonderful J.D. Salinger flavor of early-'60s New York privilege, with a keen sense of the secret lives adolescents can construct for themselves. Director George Roy Hill brings an occasional burst of New Wave style but otherwise steers the movie into the tone described by one of the girls: 'I feel awfully happy in a sort of sad way.' --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - We love you Henry, oh, yes we do...
14-year old gal-pals Val and Gil fantasize about falling in love and talk endlessly about their crushes. The girls are currently obsessed with the dashing concert pianist Henry Orient, so much so that they follow him all over New York City. Mr. Orient finds this quite annoying as he spends most of his time romancing married women.
This movie was popular in 1964, but hasn't aged well. Back then, 14-year olds wore crinoline dresses and ankle socks with nary a touch of make-up and grown ... Read More
Rating:  - The World of Henry Orient
This movie is one of the cutest movies for teenage girls who like old movies. I saw this when I was a kid and I just love it.
Rating:  - Would have been 3.5 if there had been more of Sellers
I'll admit, this is a movie I would have never thought about watching if it hadn't been on TCM at a time when I just wanted to watch something new. The title makes me think of "The World of Suzie Wong", which I've heard is better than it sounds. It's nothing against Orientals, for I did like "Flower Drum Song" (minus the musical numbers), but Mr. Orient is not even Asian (he's Jewish).
That said, this was a delightful piece of fluff (though it did grow up a little towards the end). I think ... Read More
Rating: - My response is similar to another movie of same era
A wonderful movie with not so obvious depth. It is a bit odd, in a way, because Peter Sellers' presence indicates a certain type of picture--and in some ways it is. But what resonates most for me in this picture is the story of the friendship of the two girls, wonderfully played by the young actresses. Val is really a heartbreaking character and Tippy Walker's performance is really quite remarkable.
I saw this movie for the first time on TCM relatively recently and I might love it even ... Read More
Rating: - Loved it Then, Love it Now
It was my favorite movie when I was about 11, not really for Peter Sellers, but for the girls and mostly Manhattan. From the first time I saw that movie growing up in a small North Carolina town, I knew that one day I would live in Manhattan. So after high school I moved to midtown Manhattan where I lived for over 30 years. Now I've moved closeby to a rural area of New Jersey, but I can still get the train back in when I want to. And I own this movie to remind me how I fell in love with a city.
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