An early review of David and Lisa, made in Philadelphia, from the New York Times (the film was released in New York before its wide release.)  Crowther seems to praise the acting in the film while being wary of the direction.  The article seems to be missing a piece at the end.  By A. Migdail

IMDB entry for David and Lisa.  By A. Migdail

It’s interesting that David and Lisa, released in New York in December of 1962, is being advertised in Philadelphia—the city in which it was filmed—almost a year later, in December of 1963—8 months after the film failed to win an Academy Award.  And on a double-bill, no less. It’s very likely that this is a second-run for the film.  By A. Migdail

David and Lisa is a film that was made in Philadelphia in 1962 for $20,000 (see also: Philadelphia Inquirer-“Prize Film Uses Philadelphia Locale) and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards.  This is a review of the film from The Nation magazine, suggesting that the film confusingly “straddle[s] fiction and documentation.”  By A. Migdail

A review from January 5 issue of The New Republic Magazine.  Evidence of David and Lisa’s national critical acclaim as the best of the “low-budget independent production[s].”  By A. Migdail

This is a list of the Philadelphia Inquirer’s top ten movies of 1963.  It includes David and Lisa, shot in Philadelphia, in the “heart-interest” category, placing it alongside such classics as Lilies of the Field, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Escape, Long Day’s Journey into Night and Fellini’s 8 ½.  By A. Migdail

An article from the Philadelphia Inquirer listing the winners of the 1963 Academy Awards.  David and Lisa was nominated for two Oscars (for best director and best adapted screenplay) but lost in the director category to David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia and in the adapted screenplay category to To Kill A Mockingbird.  By A. Migdail

Both an extremely positive review and an article detailing the various obstacles to production for David and Lisa, the “small-budget triumph.”  One of the more interesting revelations in the article is that $100,000 of the $200,000 budget came from a Philadelphian industrial-movie producer who wanted the script changed to be more “sexual.”  By A. Migdail

Wilson describes Frank Perry produced and directed the film David and Lisa for just $200,000 and filmed it in various locations in around Philadelphia, including the Agnes Irwin school in Wynnewood, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Haverford Hotel.  David and Perry, when the article is written, has won the “best first work by a director award” at the Venice Film Festival and the best actor, for Keir Dullea, and best actress, for Janet Margolin, awards at the San Francisco Film Festival.  By A. Migdail