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Jeanne Eagels is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Sidney released in USA on 2 august 1957 with Kim Novak
Jeanne Eagels (1957)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 august 1957
Length 1h48
Directed by George Sidney
OriginUSA
Themes Films about television
Rating61%
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. Jeff Chandler, Charles Drake, Agnes Moorehead, Larry Gates, Virginia Grey, Gene Lockhart and Murray Hamilton co-star.
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.
Synopsis
Jeanne Eagels is a Kansas City waitress. After losing a carnival's beauty contest, she asks carny owner Sal Satori for a job. Her dancing in a skimpy costume is accused of being obscene. Sal decides to join his brother in New York and invites Jeanne to join them in an amusement park at Coney Island.Actors
Kim Novak
(Jeanne Eagels)
Jeff Chandler
(Sal Satori)
Charles Drake
(John Donahue)
Agnes Moorehead
(Nellie Neilson)
Larry Gates
(Al Brooks)
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