The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
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.
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Ann Blyth · Paul Newman · Richard Carlson · Gene Evans · Alan King · Cara Williams · Virginia Vincent · Walter Woolf King · Dorothy Green · Edward Platt
Screenplay Nelson Gidding · Stephen Longstreet · Dean Reisner · Oscar Saul
Cinematography Ted D. McCord
Original title The Helen Morgan Story
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159 votes (FilmAffinity)
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