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Director:
Writers:
Polan Banks (novel)
Leopold Atlas (adaptation)
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Release Date:
25 April 1951 (USA) more
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Tagline:
SHE's the kind of woman that made NEW ORLEANS famous!
Plot:
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800's. In love with Mark Lucas... more | add synopsis
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A poor man's melodrama. more (15 total)

Cast

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Robert Mitchum ... Dr. Mark Lucas

Ava Gardner ... Barbara Beaurevel

Melvyn Douglas ... Paul Beaurevel
Lucile Watson ... Aunt Eula Beaurevel
Janis Carter ... Corinne Lucas
Gordon Oliver ... Clay Duchesne
Basil Ruysdael ... Dean Cazzley
Clarence Muse ... Pompey
Walter Kingsford ... Coroner
Jack Briggs ... Cousin Philippe

Will Wright ... Luther Toplady
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Carriage Entrance (USA) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
70 min | UK:81 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #14149) | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-3 (new rating 2001) | Italy:VM14 | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:TV-PG (TV rating)

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Both Ann Sheridan and Polan Banks sued Howard Hughes for not respecting the contract clauses replacing Sheridan by Ava Gardner on loan from MGM. more

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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
A poor man's melodrama., 23 October 2005
Author: dbdumonteil

The film is much too short .A melodrama demands lavish details ,mainly when it deals with a "forbidden" past.Here Gardner's grandma's racy past is only skimmed over.Her relationship with Mitchum -not convincing as a professor-makes me think of a poor man' s "Jezebel" .And Mitchum's character's attitude does not make much sense when he come s back with a wife.Besides the ending I-hope-she-will -mend-her-ways is unworthy of a great melodrama :never Sirk,Stahl , Minnelli or Wyler would have ended one of their works that way.Ava Gardner is for me the most beautiful actress that has ever been but there are so many works to remember her,better than this one!

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