VelvetBlackstone Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Anyone know the name of another classic black and white film that depicts a small time actress moving to New York to make it on Broadway and doing whatever it takes and ruining lives in the process? I am not thinking of 'All about Eve'. This actress in the plot comes from a fictitious town in upstate New York and is married to a small time vaudeville actor. There is one scene where he comes to New York to try and reclaim her and bursts into a big party held in honor of the actress and demands she come back with him. She refuses and he hits the host of the party. I thought william Bendix played the role of the jilted husband but I can't find anything in his IMDB filmography that correlates. Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 "Morning Glory" (1933) has the closest plot you're talking about. Katharine Hepburn plays a small town actress who moves to New York dreaming of stardom. But this one has a happy ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 ..and I don't think she ruined anyone's life, did she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 She stole the play Rain from Virginia Grey's character, and Grey commits suicide. Oh LOL You mean Katharine Hepburn in *Morning Glory* ? Edited by: lavenderblue19 on Sep 15, 2013 3:42 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Your story description sounds very similar to a Warners melodrama, The Hard Way. Joan Leslie plays a small town musical star pushed to stardom by her grasping sister, Ida Lupino, the latter willing to trample over others on the way. Leslie marries a small time vaudevillain, played by Jack Carson, whom Lupino deems is only getting in her sister's way of making it big time so they largely abandon him to the sticks. Dennis Morgan also appears in the film as a partner of Carson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetBlackstone Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Thanks Tom!!! That is totally the movie I was thinking of. Any chance you remember the name of the town in upstate New York that the actress and her sister came from in the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faceinthecrowd Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 THE HARD WAY is an excellent picture, and Ida Lupino is one of my favorites. When will it be shown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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