Diane (1956)

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Diane is a 1956 American historical drama film directed by David Miller and produced by Edwin H. Knopf for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The film is a fictionalized account of the life of Diane de Poitiers, whose married name was the "Countess de Brézé". The film stars Lana Turner as Diane. The supporting cast includes Pedro Armendáriz, Roger Moore, Marisa Pavan, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Torin Thatcher, Taina Elg, John Lupton, Henry Daniell, Melville Cooper, and an early film appearance by Stuart Whitman. It was Turner's last film under her longtime MGM contract and thus marked another stage in the decline of the studio star system.

Production

Diane was based on a fifty-page unpublished manuscript called "Diane de Poitiers" by John Erskine, who died in 1951. The film rights were purchased in 1939 by producer Edwin H. Knopf, a former story editor for Samuel Goldwyn. Knopf tried to get financing for the film but was unable.

In 1953, the project was reactivated. Knopf re-secured the film rights from Erskine's estate and took the project to Dore Schary, the head of production at MGM, where Knoft had a deal. Schary agreed to finance. Greer Garson was originally mentioned as a possible lead. Schary also announced he hoped to get Greta Garbo to come out of retirement to play the role. The part eventually went to Lana Turner in the last role of her MGM contract.

Turner said Diane was an interesting woman "one who used her charm intelligently. Actually she was a forerunner of today's modern woman; she was Europe's first outdoor girl, a health fan and an advocate of the cold bath. She wasn't afraid to use her head, but was never caught with her brains showing."

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