Torch Song (1953) |
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Other InformationAwardsBest Actress in a Supporting Role Academy Awards [1954] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Plot SummaryJenny Stewart (Joan) is the quintessential Broadway star, who falls in love with her blind pianist, Tye Graham (Michael Wilding). At a rehearsal for her new show, temperamental Broadway star Jenny Stewart lashes out at anyone who displeases her, from... TaglineTough Baby - a wonderful love story with the star of "Sudden Fear" and for the FIRST TIME you`ll see her in TECHNICOLOR! DiscographySinglesYou`re All the World To Me Tenderly Two-Faced Woman Follow Me You Won`t Forget Me Blue Moon |
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Trivia and QuotesTrivia MGM`s ad campaign erroneously boasted that this was moviegoers` first chance to see Joan Crawford in Technicolor. Actually, Crawford had appeared in a Technicolor sequence in same studio`s Ice Follies of 1939, some 14 years earlier. The music used for the opening dance sequence between `Joan Crawford` and Chuck Walters was recycled from the previous MGM film Royal Wedding (1951). It was Fred Astaire`s dance music for "You`re all the World to Me" (aka the "dancing-on-the-walls-and-ceiling" sequence). In her mother`s apartment, Jenny Stewart (played by Joan Crawford) is listening as the phonograph plays one of her greatest hits: "Tenderly" (music by Walter Gross, lyrics by Jack Lawrence), which, in reality, was a great hit for Rosemary Clooney, via her 1952 Columbia single. As Jenny`s platter spins, the voice of India Adams is heard, while Jenny reminisces about her early show-business career to her mother (portrayed Marjorie Rambeau). In Miss Crawford`s own singing voice, she offers phrases of the classic ballad while the record plays. In the song-and-dance number, "Two-Faced Woman," (music by Arthur Schwartz, lyrics by Howard Dietz), Joan Crawford performed in blackface. Miss Crawford`s singing voice was dubbed by India Adams, whose prerecording was originally intended for Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon (1953). The song-and-dance performance by Miss Charisse (with Oscar Levant on piano) was dropped from this movie, but the footage appears on the DVD release from Warner Home Video. In That`s Entertainment! III (1994), the Charisse and Crawford versions are compared via split screen. This film marked Joan Crawford`s return to MGM after a ten year absence. She was previously under contract to MGM from 1925-1943. | ||
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