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The Legend of Lylah Clare

  • 19681968
  • RR
  • 2h 10m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
1.3K
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The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
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A dictatorial film director (Peter Finch) hires an unknown actress (Kim Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.A dictatorial film director (Peter Finch) hires an unknown actress (Kim Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.A dictatorial film director (Peter Finch) hires an unknown actress (Kim Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
IMDb RATING
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1.3K
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  • Director
    • Robert Aldrich
  • Writers
    • Robert Thom(teleplay)
    • Edward DeBlasio(teleplay)
    • Hugo Butler(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kim Novak
    • Peter Finch
    • Ernest Borgnine
Top credits
  • Director
    • Robert Aldrich
  • Writers
    • Robert Thom(teleplay)
    • Edward DeBlasio(teleplay)
    • Hugo Butler(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kim Novak
    • Peter Finch
    • Ernest Borgnine
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 36User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
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    The Legend of Lylah Clare
    Trailer 2:56
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    The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    Ernest Borgnine, Kim Novak, and Peter Finch in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    Kim Novak in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    Kim Novak in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    Peter Finch, Coral Browne, and James Lanphier in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    Kim Novak in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    Coral Browne in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    Rossella Falk in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    Peter Finch in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    Ernest Borgnine in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    Kim Novak in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    Kim Novak in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)

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    Kim Novak
    Kim Novak
    • Lylah Clareas Lylah Clare…
    Peter Finch
    Peter Finch
    • Lewis Zarkenas Lewis Zarken…
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    • Barney Sheeanas Barney Sheean
    Milton Selzer
    Milton Selzer
    • Bart Langneras Bart Langner
    Rossella Falk
    Rossella Falk
    • Rossellaas Rossella
    Gabriele Tinti
    Gabriele Tinti
    • Paoloas Paolo
    Valentina Cortese
    Valentina Cortese
    • Countess Bozo Bedonias Countess Bozo Bedoni
    Jean Carroll
    Jean Carroll
    • Becky Langneras Becky Langner
    Michael Murphy
    Michael Murphy
    • Mark Peter Sheeanas Mark Peter Sheean
    Coral Browne
    Coral Browne
    • Molly Lutheras Molly Luther
    Lee Meriwether
    Lee Meriwether
    • Young Girlas Young Girl
    James Lanphier
    James Lanphier
    • 1st Legmanas 1st Legman
    Robert Ellenstein
    Robert Ellenstein
    • Mikeas Mike
    Nick Dennis
    Nick Dennis
    • Nickas Nick
    Dave Willock
    Dave Willock
    • Cameramanas Cameraman
    Peter Bravos
    • Butleras Butler
    Ellen Corby
    Ellen Corby
    • Script Girlas Script Girl
    Michael Fox
    Michael Fox
    • Announceras Announcer
    • Director
      • Robert Aldrich
    • Writers
      • Robert Thom(teleplay)
      • Edward DeBlasio(teleplay)
      • Hugo Butler(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      When Kim Novak walks along Hollywood Boulevard, a theater she passes by is playing The Dirty Dozen (1967), a film director Robert Aldrich made a year earlier, and whose commercial success made it possible for him to start his own production company and make movies like this.
    • Goofs
      After Bart throws the ball through the window glass, every later shot that has the window visible shows no hole or broken glass. Further, the sound of the glass breaking is too late after the ball is thrown.
    • Quotes

      Molly Luther: Free food, free drinks, free press.

    • Connections
      Featured in Lionpower from MGM (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      Lylah
      Music by Frank De Vol

      Lyrics and Vocal by Sibylle Siegfried

    User reviews36

    Review
    Top review
    3/10
    The Legend Of Kim Novak
    Well yes, it's compelling viewing in spite of, everything. So overwrought it's jarring and at the center of it all, Kim Novak. The swan of Picnic. James Stewart's obsession in Vertigo. She appears in The Legend Of Lylah Clare, but she's not really in it. Distant, cold, awkward. Pale, almost white lipstick. She has a death scene for goodness sake! It reminded me of that death that Goldie Hawn plays again and again in "Death Becomes Her", she watches it on TV as her arch rival, Meryl Streep, brilliantly plays an actress without talent - dies again and again strangled by Michael Caine. Meryl's Madeline Ashton even licks her lips before her death - Well, Kim Novak's Elsa Campbell/Lylah Clare doesn't lick her lips but almost.Peter Finch is the leading man. Peter Finch! Howard Beale in "Network" His dialogue here is not by Paddy Chayefsky, no, not by a long shot. Hysterically funny I must admit, specially because of the seriousness of the delivery. Then, surprise surprise a few genuine delights, Coral Browne plays a columnist with a wooden leg, Rosella Falk, a talkative lesbian and the glorious Valentina Cortese plays a costume designer. As I'm writing about it I feel an urge to see it again to make sure I didn't imagine the whole thing.
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    • arichmondfwc
    • Aug 7, 2017

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 15, 1968 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Große Lüge Lylah Clare
    • Filming locations
      • 1628 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California, USA
    • Production company
      • The Associates & Aldrich Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,490,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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