Helen Morgan Story, The
Warner Bros. (1957)
Biography, Drama, Music
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IMDB   6.3
1 hr 58 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Ann Blyth Helen Morgan
Cara Williams Dolly Evans
Paul Newman Larry Maddux
Richard Carlson Russell Wade
Alan King Benny Weaver
Gene Evans Whitey Krause
Virginia Vincent Sue
Walter Woolf King Florenz Ziegfeld
Dorothy Green Mrs. Wade
Edward Platt Johnny Haggerty
Director
Michael Curtiz
Producer Martin Rackin
Writer Dean Riesner
Nelson Gidding
Stephen Longstreet

Paul Newman lights the flame of the Jazz Age's most famed torch singer.

Helen Morgan has beauty, talent, success. Yet they mean nothing to her without the love of Larry Maddox, the bootlegger who leads Helen on and drops her so often she finally hits bottom. Set in the roaring '20s, The Helen Morgan Story is also Maddox's story. In his fifth film, Paul Newman plays the mobster with slick assuredness. In her final movie, Ann Blyth portrays the troubled songstress (and Show Boat original cast member), with Gogi Grant performing vocals on signature Morgan tunes. Appearances by '20s icons Rudy Vallee, Walter Winchell and Morgan's real-life accompanist Jimmy McHugh bring bracing authenticity to this tale of a legend whose songs could heal any heart but her own.
Edition Details
Distributor Warner
Release Date 2/17/2009
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 2.35:1 B&W (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English; French
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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