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4 unusual facts about Tender Is the Night


Peignoir

A peignoir is notably featured in the opening stanza of the poem "Sunday Morning" by Wallace Stevens and in opening chapters of the novel Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald, where it is described in the context of beach attire.

Tender Is the Night

The song "Tender Is the Night", from the movie soundtrack, was nominated for the 1962 Academy Award for Best Song.

Some scenes of this BBC production were filmed at the Hotel Waldhaus Vulpera.

Tommy Hitchcock, Jr.

Author F. Scott Fitzgerald modeled two characters in his books on Tommy Hitchcock, Jr.: Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby (1925) and the Tommy Barban character in Tender Is the Night (1934).


Earl Grant

Grant also made a few appearances in film and television, including Tender Is the Night (1962), Juke Box Rhythm (1959), and The Ed Sullivan Show (1961).

Edward Shenton

Between 1923 and 1976 Shenton illustrated over 130 books including The Yearling, Tender Is the Night, Green Hills of Africa, Freedom River Florida 1845, and three volumes of the Rivers of America Series.


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