The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
Joe De Santis
- Frank Satori
- (as Joe de Santis)
Lee Allen
- Stage Director
- (uncredited)
Myrtle Anderson
- Jeanne's Maid
- (uncredited)
Beulah Archuletta
- Mrs. Horn in 'Rain'
- (uncredited)
Eleanor Audley
- Sob Sister at Party
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Man in Line
- (uncredited)
John Barton
- Theatre Patron
- (uncredited)
Eleanor Bender
- Model
- (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAs with most film biographies, this film is more screenwriter's fancy than fact. Among other things, Jeanne Eagels was never a carnival dancer and was never known to have been the cause of another performer's suicide. Further, the character of Sal Satori was a fictional compilation character based upon several men in her life.
- GoofsWhen Jeanne is riding down Broadway and passes the show marquee, Fanny Brice's name is misspelled 'Fannie'.
- Quotes
Nellie Neilson: [after Jeanne has slapped a desk twice in frustration] Double emphasis... you don't need it.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2013)
Featured review
Another actress learns that Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope...
Young waitress from Kansas City in the early 1920s hitches up with a traveling carnival with the fervent, starry-eyed hope of breaking into show business; once in New York City, she gets herself a drama coach and lands a plum part in a Broadway show after the original actress falls ill. Fabrication of real-life Broadway and silent movie starlet Jeanne Eagels is useless as a biography but rather entertaining as a backstage melodrama. Kim Novak is uneven in the lead, mercurial and brittle (and occasionally quite amusing when lapsing into a haughty European accent once she finds fame and fortune), however the part is a pretty good fit for Kim and she fills the bill. Jeff Chandler (as a fictitious lifelong beau) and Agnes Moorehead (as the drama coach who suddenly morphs into Jeanne's best friend and nursemaid) are both solid, as is Charles Drake as an ex-football player who marries Jeanne apparently for her money (yet seems to love her and puts up with her). Drake also played a role in "Valley of the Dolls", which mirrors this film in several ways (there's even one character called "Neely" and another named "O'Hara"!). Producer-director George Sidney takes great care in setting up this story, which is snappy and brash and looks fantastic in black-and-white. Not everyone will go for the picture's mix of hard-shelled pathos, booze-soaked blackouts and rags-to-riches clichés, yet the film manages to capture the excitement of stage life quite vividly. **1/2 from ****
- moonspinner55
- Aug 12, 2008
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- George Sidney's Jeanne Eagels
- Filming locations
- Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA(Cyclone Racer roller coaster)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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