The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

Directed by

Paul Helmick, Michael Curtiz

Genre

drama film, musical film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A biographical film about torch singer Helen Morgan and her rise to fame in show business. The story covers her career struggles and personal life, with some fictional elements added for drama.

dramaticmelancholicglamorousemotionaltragicnostalgicsentimentalmusical

What happens

The Helen Morgan Story, released in the UK as Both Ends of the Candle, is a 1957 American biographical film directed by Michael Curtiz starring Ann Blyth and Paul Newman. The screenplay by Oscar Saul, Dean Riesner, Stephen Longstreet, and Nelson Gidding is based on the life and career of torch singer/actress Helen Morgan, with fictional touches liberally added for dramatic purposes. This turned out to be Blyth's final film role. Another version of Morgan's life story, Helen Morgan, was produced as a live television drama on Playhouse 90, with Polly Bergen as Morgan. Despite requests to delay the television version, it aired five months before the release of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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