Jeanne Eagels (1957)

Directed by

George Sidney

Genre

biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film loosely follows the life of stage actress Jeanne Eagels, focusing on her rise to fame and personal struggles. Kim Novak plays the title role, depicting a woman whose ambition leads to both success and tragedy.

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What happens

Jeanne Eagels (also titled The Jeanne Eagels Story) is a 1957 American biographical film loosely based on the life of stage star Jeanne Eagels. Distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film was produced and directed by George Sidney from a screenplay by John Fante, Daniel Fuchs and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Fuchs. The film stars Kim Novak in the title role and Jeff Chandler. Many aspects of Eagels' real life were omitted or largely fictionalized. Eagels' family later sued Columbia Pictures over the way Eagels was depicted in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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