Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Nicky Blair
- Vendor
- (scenes deleted)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe title role was declined by two actresses who had recently headlined successful biopics of troubled songstresses: Doris Day (Ruth Etting in Love Me or Leave Me (1955)) and Susan Hayward (Lillian Roth in I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)), neither of whom wanted to (in a sense) "recycle" an earlier role.
- GoofsIn real life, Helen Morgan married three times. In the film, she never marries.
- Quotes
Larry Maddux: Do yourself a favor. Hire the kid.
Whitey Krause: I hope your hooch is better than your suggestion, Larry. What's the canary to you.
Larry Maddux: Nuthin'. I'm just a music lover. Besides, I don't go for that sad stuff she sings.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Great Canadian Supercut (2017)
- SoundtracksCan't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Ann Blyth (dubbed by Gogi Grant) at the end
Originally from the musical "Show Boat"
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Great Songs but Plays Fast and Loose with Biography
You man remember Helen Morgan from the 1936 version of "Show Boat." This film biography, starring Ann Blyth and Paul Newman, shows her rise from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune through her decline and death due to alcoholism. Gogi Grant did the singing for Blyth, once again leaving average viewers bewildered by the decision to cast someone who cannot sing as a singer. This film features many great songs that Morgan made famous during her lifetime, among them: "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," and "Bill" from "Show Boat," "Why Was I Born?" "Ain't She Sweet," "Baby Face," "If You Were the Only Girl in the World," "Avalon," "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else," "Love Nest," "Do, Do, Do," "Breezin' Along with the Breeze," "The Man I Love," "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Deep Night,"
"April in Paris," and "You Do Something to Me." ---from Musicals on the Silver Screen, American Library Association, 2013
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- LeonardKniffel
- Apr 27, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was The Helen Morgan Story (1957) officially released in Canada in English?
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