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30 September 1983 (USA)
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From the sensual world of Harold Robbins comes the story of a woman's struggle for fame in Hollywood.
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A young screenwriter allows others to exploit her in the hopes of "making it" in Hollywood. full summary | add synopsis
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6 wins
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Entertaining Swill
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Pia Zadora | ... | Jerilee Randall | |
| Lloyd Bochner | ... | Walter Thornton | |
| Bibi Besch | ... | Veronica Randall | |
| Joseph Cali | ... | Vincent Dacosta | |
| Anthony Holland | ... | Guy Jackson | |
| Jared Martin | ... | George Ballantine | |
| Ray Liotta | ... | Joe Heron | |
| Carla Romanelli | ... | Carla Maria Peroni | |
| Olivier Pierre | ... | George Fox | |
| Kendal Kaldwell | ... | Joanne Castel | |
| Lou Hirsch | ... | Bernie | |
| Kerry Shale | ... | Walt Thornton Jnr | |
| Sandra Dickinson | ... | Nancy Day | |
| Shane Rimmer | ... | Adolph Fannon | |
| Nancy Wood | ... | Janie |
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Harold Robbins' The Lonely Lady (USA) (complete title)
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92 min
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Pia Zadora attended an opening night showing of this film in West Los Angeles, where half of the audience were voting members of the RAZZIE Awards, and the film was greeted with hoots and howls of derisive laughter throughout. After the showing, Zadora gamely stood in the lobby and signed autographs for anyone in attendance who wanted one.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Werewolf (#10.4)" (1998)
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GIVE IT UP
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As soon as you hear the theme song for this movie, sung by Larry Graham, you know you're in for a trashfest. The tune is very reminiscent of 60's camp-trash movie themes for "Where Love Has Gone" (sung by Jack Jones) & "Harlow" (sung by Bobby Vinton) among others. It gives this movie a very dated feel, even in 1983. What exactly was up with that hair-don't & hideous dress they gave the "teenage" Pia to wear?? She looked like a disheveled Pippy Longstocking. It's amazing what they crammed into one hour & 32 minutes: Rape with hose nozzle, dysfunctional mother, May/December romance, impotence (Pia couldn't doodle with her older hubby's dead noodle), nudity, lesbianism, abortion, bad 80's fashions, overwrought breakdown scene followed by nut house, rags-to-riches clichés (heroine finally writes an "award" winning screenplay), etc. etc. etc. Pia Zadora (a better singer than actress) did the best she could with this script. The amazing thing about this movie is that it's made by people who are supposed to know what they're talking about firsthand. Watch this movie if you like trashy stories about show biz.