Inside Daisy Clover is a 1965 American drama film based on the 1963 novel by Gavin Lambert. It stars Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Roddy McDowall and Ruth Gordon in her Academy Award nominated role and was directed by Robert Mulligan. Set in the mid-1930s, the plot centers on Daisy Clover , a teenage tomboy who lives in a ramshackle trailer with her eccentric mother on a California beach and dreams of Hollywood stardom. She submits a song recording to the well-known film producer Ray Swan , who puts her under contract. Ray and his wife Melora foster Daisy's rise to fame... by any means necessary, forcing Daisy to deal with the pressures of stardom and the Swans' manipulation of her life and career. Daisy reluctantly accepts the placement of her mother in a mental institution, to protect Daisy's reputation as "America's valentine", and is told to tell any interviewers that her mother is dead. Daisy finds some relief in a fellow Swan-discovered star, Wade Lewis . The two begin a relationship, though their heavy drinking and partying is not good for either of their reputations.
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