The House of Mirth (TV film)

The House of Mirth is a 1981 American television film directed by Adrian Hall. It is based on Edith Whartons novel of the same name. It stars Geraldine Chaplin as the protagonist, Lily Bart. The film was partfunded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. It was broadcast on WNET onNovember 1981.

Megan Rosenfeld of The Washington Post praised the casting, For once, Geraldine Chaplins basically expressionless face serves her well, and her performance is perhaps one of her best. For once she goes beyond the insipid, catching the confused and surprised torment of a young woman who can neither succeed within the restraints of her society nor use courage or imagination to escape from it. William Atherton is mostly handsome as her friend and fellow dilettante, Lawrence Selden. Lois Smith is wonderfully decadent as the treacherous Bertha Dorset. Rosenfeld also praised Hall for directing the film with careful attention to period detail and that he proceeds subtly but surely down the path of Lilys misfortune. Rosenfeld was also positive about the costume and production design.

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