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The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
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5 October 1957 (USA) morePlot:
The 1920's and 30's career of singer Helen Morgan is followed from her early days singing outdoors in a carnival... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
Big Story, small budget moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ann Blyth | ... | Helen Morgan |
 | Paul Newman | ... | Larry Maddux |
| Richard Carlson | ... | Russell Wade |
| Gene Evans | ... | Whitey Krause |
 | Alan King | ... | Benny Weaver |
| Cara Williams | ... | Dolly Evans |
| Virginia Vincent | ... | Sue |
| Walter Woolf King | ... | Florenz Ziegfeld |
| Dorothy Green | ... | Mrs. Wade |
 | Edward Platt | ... | Johnny Haggerty |
| Warren Douglas | ... | Mark Hellinger |
| Sammy White | ... | Sammy White |
| Peggy de Castro | ... | Singer |
| Cherie de Castro | ... | Singer |
| Babette de Castro | ... | Singer |
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Both Ends of the Candle (UK)The Jazz Age (USA) (working title)
Why Was I Born? (USA) (alternative title)
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Although Ann Blyth had done her own singing in her other movie musicals, her trained soprano voice was judged too operatic for the role of Helen Morgan, and pop singer Gogi Grant's voice was dubbed in. Ironically, the real Helen Morgan's light soprano voice was actually closer to Blyth's in quality than it was to Grant's. Ann Blyth revealed to writer-producer John Fricke that studio head Jack L. Warner had insisted on an intense, belting, Judy Garland-type sound for the film's Morgan. moreSoundtrack:
Ain't She Sweet moreFAQ
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If for no other reason, the movie is memorable for the great vocals by Gogi Grant. It has its inconsistencies, such as Helen Morgan wears the same 5 inch stillettos throughout the movie. Were they even available in the 1930s? Go past that and this makes a great tearjerker, or a "rainy-day stay in the house and curl up on the couch" movie. Today, I'd say it would be reated PG-14.