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Director:
Writers:
John Michael Hayes (writer)
Jan Lustig (writer)
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Release Date:
1 October 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Tough Baby - a wonderful love story with the star of "Sudden Fear" and for the FIRST TIME you'll see her in TECHNICOLOR!
Plot:
Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual... more | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
The best movie musical of all time more (28 total)

Cast

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Joan Crawford ... Jenny Stewart
Michael Wilding ... Tye Graham
Gig Young ... Cliff Willard
Marjorie Rambeau ... Mrs. Stewart
Harry Morgan ... Joe Denner (as Henry Morgan)
Dorothy Patrick ... Martha
James Todd ... Philip Norton
Eugene Loring ... Gene, the Dance Director
Paul Guilfoyle ... Monty Rolfe
Benny Rubin ... Charles Maylor
Peter Chong ... Peter

Maidie Norman ... Anne
Nancy Gates ... Celia Stewart
Chris Warfield ... Chuck Peters
Rudy Render ... Singer at Party
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This film marked Joan Crawford's return to MGM after a ten year absence. She was previously under contract to MGM from 1925-1943. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the "Two-Faced Woman" song Joan Crawford's character starts out wearing a green dress. At the bottom of the stairs she turns and when the women start beating on the tables, Joan's dress becomes blue. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Jenny Stewart: Hold the record.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in That's Entertainment! III (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Two-Faced Woman more

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10 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
The best movie musical of all time, 27 April 2000
Author: Darwin Bell (dbell@best.com) from San Francisco

Ok, I'm only kidding but it has to be, at least, one of the funniest! Joan stars as Jennie Stewart and out of control ego maniacal Broadway star attempting a comeback (hmmm, life imitating art much?) Actually, it is too easy to dismiss this as Crawford playing herself here...I choose to believe that she is not and is playing a very specific Broadway type actress (think Helen Lawson from Valley of the Dolls). Anyway, this movie is chock full of garish colors (raven haired Joan, with blood red lips and a canary colored full length dressing gown that matches her curtains is a stupendous sight), wicked, campy dialogue and the infamous blackface "musical" number, "Two Faced Woman" add up to an hilarious and entertaining movie watching experience.

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