Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson

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 ...( read more  read more... )"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.

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Unrated, 118 min

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Release Date: October 5, 1957

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DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009

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  • September 28, 2008
    paul was a great man. he will be missed

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