Pull My Daisy (1959)

overview : Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.

Release Date : Nov 11, 1959

Runtime : 26m

Genre : Comedy  Drama  

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Keywords : new york city, poetry, black and white, improvisation, beat generation, jazz score, beat poetry, short film