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starring: Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson, Gene Evans, Alan Kingdirected by: Michael Curtiz
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303406978
Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6303406971
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: February 21, 1995
Running Time: 118 minutes
Sales Rank: 9612
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 05, 1957
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Rating:  - 1957- BAD YEAR FOR A GOOD MOVIE
I FIRST SAW THIS MOVIE AS "THE HELEN MORGAN STORY". I WAS SO INPRESSED I MUST HAVE VIEWED IT 500 TIMES. THE CAST WAS WONDERFUL & THE MOVIE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REVIEWED MUCH BETTER THAT IT WAS. AFTER 50 YEARS IT STILL LIVES WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN IT.
THE BIG STAR OF THIS MOVIE IS THE WONDERFUL SOUNDTRACK FEATURING GOGI GRANT I ADORE HER AND ALL HER MUSIC AND WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE HER IN CONCERT IN 2002. STILL BEAUTIFUL AND SINGING THOSE GREAT SONGS AT 78 IS A TRIBUTE TO THIS ... Read More
Rating:  - A typical Hollywood "biography" that transforms an artist's life into a cliché-ridden soap opera...
The film explains the decline of Helen Morgan (Ann Blyth) into alcoholism as the result of unsuccessful romances, especially one with Larry Maddux (Newman), a two-bit bootlegger...
Larry is an almost one-dimensional and ultimately unbelievable character, but he does have qualities that are developed further in later Newman films: he is opportunistic, exploitative, smooth-talking, a man from the wrong side of the tracks who tries to better himself...
Like other Newman characters, ... Read More
Rating: - The Little Girl on the Piano with the Great Big Voice
The Helen Morgan Story is a formula biopic with equal parts soap, song and gin. The thing that makes it stand out are three very good performances and a wonderful parade of vintage 1920's hits voiced for the star by Gogi Grant.
From the moment the film begins to unreel with its Broadway marquee titles you know you are in for a good old-fashioned tearstained campy drama. Loosely based on the life of Helen Morgan, who is most famous today for creating the role of Julie in the groundbreaking "Show Boat" ... Read More
Rating: - musical melodrama supreme
Ann Blyth stars as ill-fated torch singer Helen Morgan in the musical biography THE HELEN MORGAN STORY.
Ann Blyth (ROSE MARIE, KISMET), and Paul Newman (CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, TORN CURTAIN) make for an electrifying screen couple. The story of Helen Morgan is given a reverent re-telling with an intelligent if overly-sentimental script. Helen Morgan is perhaps best-known for creating the role of Julie LaVerne in the original Ziegfeld production of "Show Boat".
Ann Blyth's vocals were dubbed ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Movie
I happened to be in the video store and was looking through my favorite section (classical movies) when I decided this looked interesting. I had no idea I would be so pleased! Paul Newman gives a wonderful performance of a man set to achieve his ambitions by using the woman he loves, never realizing how his actions are working to destroy them both. The songs are great and Blyth is also wonderful. I will be buying my own VHS of the movie soon.
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