Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
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| 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 | |
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Sammy White | ... | Sammy White |
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The De Castro Sisters | ... | Singers |
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Jimmy McHugh | ... | Jimmy McHugh |
| Rudy Vallee | ... | Rudy Vallee | |
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The 1920's and 30's career of singer Helen Morgan is followed from her early days singing outdoors in a carnival, through her speak-easy and chorus-girl days, to her stardom on Broadway in Ziegfeld's "Show Boat". Her involvement with Larry Maddux, a gin-runner and con-man, and Russell Wade, a prominent, married New York lawyer, and her decline thanks to these failed romances and alcohol are punctuated by performances of many of the songs she made famous. Written by Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
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manipulative female | possessive female | torch singer | fame | montreal quebec |Taglines:
"Look, I watched you tonight. You couldn't take your eyes off me. That's why I'm here." See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 October 1957 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Jazz Age See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
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(uncredited)
Music by Eubie Blake
Played when Larry and Benny make their Miss Canada pitch to Helen
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As with many other films made in the 1950's, this movie was preceded by a television episode of an anthology series. The original, live production of _"Playhouse 90: The Helen Morgan Story" (1957)_, starring Polly Bergen, was presented on CBS TV five months before the release of the film version. Miss Bergen won that year's Emmy Award for Best Single Performance, Lead or Support, by an actress. See more »Goofs
When Larry robs the liquor warehouse, he pulls out a crate at the top of a stack. The crate directly beneath it partially pulls out under it, too, and it tilts down slightly. If the case was filled with full liquor bottles, as it supposedly would have been, it would have been too heavy to have moved in this way. See more »Soundtracks
I'm Just Wild About Harry(uncredited)
Music by Eubie Blake
Played when Larry and Benny make their Miss Canada pitch to Helen
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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.