Benny Rubin, Chris Warfield, Dorothy Patrick
Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.
Directed by: Benny Rubin, Charles Walters, Chris Warfield, Dorothy Patrick, Eugene Loring, Gig Young, Harry Morgan, James Todd, Joan Crawford, Maidie Norman, Marjorie Rambeau, Michael Wilding, Nancy Gates, Paul Guilfoyle
Release Date: October 23, 1953
DVD Release Date: February 12, 2008
Stats: 28 reviews
"torch song" is joan crawford's first thorough flick in technicolor as well as her first feature in mgm production after her departure for almost a decade. to re-join the league of mgm where she has the gayest time in her youth, crawford turns down the role in "from here to etern...( read more)
Delightful, although a bit campy, melodrama, with Joan Crawford giving an over the top performance. Of course, she also keeps the film interesting. Excellent production, especially the costumes and art direction. Very entertaining.
Wildly campy "musical", the two-faced woman number has to be seen to be believed, that is enjoyable as a camp exercise. For die-hard Joan fans its nirvana.
This camp-y but intertaining Technicolor musical melodrama features Joan Crawford in (what seems to be) a semi-autobiographical performance as an impossible and demanding -but lonely- Broadway diva who falls for a blind man. Not one of Crawford's best but fans will find it enjoya...( read more)
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