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Kim Stanley (Oscar® nominee, Best Actress, 1964, Seance on a Wet Afternoon) plays Emily Ann Faulkner, whose unhappy childhood was dominated by dreams of Hollywood stardom. Escaping a disastrous first marriage and fleeing motherhood by leaving her infant child with her mother, Emily strikes out for fame, and lands in the arms of an ex-prizefighter, Dutch Seymour (Lloyd Bridges), whom she marries and divorces. Love is just a step on the ladder to the top, and changing her name to Rita Shawn, the starlet also becomes the mistress of a studio executive. But fame, drugs or alcohol can't hold back the encroaching loneliness and feelings of emptiness in the actress's life. Director John Cromwell, best known for complex melodramas (Of Human Bondage, Since You Went Away), is in his element here, and Kim Stanley proves her credentials as a stage and screen star oft compared to Brando. Newly remastered.
Original Release
06/24/1958
US Release
06/24/1958
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kim Stanley | Emily Ann Faulkner / Emily Ann Faulkner (Rita Shawn) |
Lloyd Bridges | Dutch Seymour |
Steven Hill | John Tower |
Betty Lou Holland | Mrs. Laureen Faulkner |
Joan Copeland | Alice Marie |
Gerald Hiken | George |
Patty Duke | Emily Ann Faulkner, age 8 / Emily Ann Faulkner (Child) |
Elizabeth Wilson | Harding |
Bert Freed | Lester Brackman |
Joanne Linville | Joanna |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kim Stanley | Emily Ann Faulkner / Emily Ann Faulkner (Rita Shawn) |
Lloyd Bridges | Dutch Seymour |
Steven Hill | John Tower |
Betty Lou Holland | Mrs. Laureen Faulkner |
Joan Copeland | Alice Marie |
Gerald Hiken | George |
Patty Duke | Emily Ann Faulkner, age 8 / Emily Ann Faulkner (Child) |
Elizabeth Wilson | Harding |
Bert Freed | Lester Brackman |
Joanne Linville | Joanna |
Gail Haworth | Emily's Daughter |
Joyce Van Patten | Hillary |
Louise Beavers | The Cook |
Gerald Petrarca | The Minister |
Werner Klemperer | Joe Wilsey |
Burt Brinckerhoff | The Boy |
Margaret Brayton | Mrs. Woolsy |
Curt Conway | The Writer |
Fred Herrick | The Elder |
John D. Lawrence | Flirting G.I. |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Milton Perlman | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1959 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |