Torch Song (1953)

Directed by

Charles Walters

Genre

drama film, musical film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Broadway star falls for her blind rehearsal pianist. She struggles with her own pride and fears as they get closer. The film follows her journey through love and performance.

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What happens

Torch Song is a 1953 American Technicolor musical drama film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Joan Crawford and Michael Wilding in a story about a Broadway star and her blind rehearsal pianist. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes and Jan Lustig was based upon the story "Why Should I Cry?" by I.A.R. Wylie in a 1949 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The film was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Sidney Franklin, Jr. and Henry Berman. Crawford's singing voice was dubbed by India Adams. Crawford lip-syncs to the recording Adams originally made for Cyd Charisse in a number discarded from the 1953 film, The Band Wagon. That's Entertainment III includes a segment presenting the two numbers side-by-side, in split screen. The film marked Crawford's return to MGM after leaving the studio to join Warner Bros. in 1944. Her original recordings for the soundtrack, which were not used in the film, have survived and have been included in home video releases. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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