Overnight Sensation

Overnight Sensation

28 mins | Oct. 1, 1984

Overnight Sensation is a 1984 short film directed by Jon Bloom, based loosely on W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Colonel's Lady." After housewife Eve Peregrine writes a sudden hit novel, her husband George, a successful fashion photographer, finds it difficult to deal with the attention being showered on her. His difficulty in getting through the book increases when he begins to suspect that the steamy affair in its plot is drawn from her real life. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Overnight Sensation

28 mins | Oct. 1, 1984

Overnight Sensation
Overnight Sensation is a 1984 short film directed by Jon Bloom, based loosely on W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Colonel's Lady." After housewife Eve Peregrine writes a sudden hit novel, her husband George, a successful fashion photographer, finds it difficult to deal with the attention being showered on her. His difficulty in getting through the book increases when he begins to suspect that the steamy affair in its plot is drawn from her real life. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Producers
Original title Overnight Sensation
Directors Jon Bloom
Writers Craig Buck, W. Somerset Maugham

Cast

Louise Fletcher

as Evie Peregrine

Robert Loggia

as George Peregrine

Shari Belafonte

as Daphne

Parley Baer

as Lawyer

Lee Garlington

as Sales Girl

Vincent Guastaferro

as Assistant

Ed Bakey

as Wino

Kirk Scott

as Publisher

Marcelo Tubert

as Bartender

Mary Woronov

as Woman at Party

Joanne Dusseau

as Woman at Party

Eric Poppick

as Critic