A mother to her daughter, on her friend whose parents don't seem to love her:
I know darling... One thing about unwanted children: they soon learn how to take care of themselves.
-- from The World of Henry Orient starring Peter Sellars, Paula Prentiss, and Angela Lansbury. We got it from NetFlix and watched it last night.
I had heard of the movie, and was reminded of it recently when the Times had an obituary of the director, George Roy Hill.
It's a weird early 60s movie with worldly parents drinking scotch, and two 14-year-old girls who decide to stalk a concert pianist named Henry Orient. The way the two girls joke about Chinese stereotypes and speak in funny accents probably helps explain why the film is so obscure today.
One of the two girls went on join the Dark Side as a communications expert, working for the likes of William Webster and Ronald Reagan.
