Doll Face

Doll Face (1945)

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Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike decides that she can get both culture and plenty of publicity by writing her autobiography. He hires a ghost writer to do all the work, but doesn't count on the possibility that Doll Face and her collaborator might have more than a book on their minds.

Date of release
1945-12-31
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Comedy, Music, Romance
Director
Lewis Seiler

Casting

Interesting facts

Doll Face is a 1945 American musical film released by 20th Century Fox and directed by Lewis Seiler starring Vivian Blaine as "Doll Face" Carroll. It also stars actor Dennis O'Keefe and singers Carmen Miranda and Perry Como. The film is based on the 1943 play The Naked Genius written by Gypsy Rose Lee. In the opening credits, she is billed under her birth name, Louise Hovick. The film is also known as Come Back to Me in the United Kingdom.

Production and filming

The working titles of this film were The Naked Genius and Here's a Kiss. However, the Motion Picture Production Code prohibited the studio from using The Naked Genius as the film's title or as the title of "Doll Face's" fictional autobiography.

The Production Code Administration also strongly objected to the portrayal of the lead character as a stripper, and several screenplays submitted by the studio were rejected. In late July 1945, Joseph Breen, the head of the Production Code Administration, cautioned studio public relations head Jason S. Joy:

"Please have in mind that any time you undertake to identify a character as a 'strip tease' artist, you run the risk of giving enormous offense everywhere. People, pretty generally, look up [sic] the business of the burlesque shows--and, more importantly, the strip tease--as, possibly, the very lowest form of public entertainment, and this same viewpoint is reflected in the reaction of the Censor Boards."

Playwright and famous stripper Gypsy Rose Lee was credited onscreen under her real name, Louise Hovick. The Hollywood Reporter (April 6, 1944) reported that producer George Jessel had offered Lee a role in the film, but she did not appear.

Producer Bryan Foy filled in for director Lewis Seiler for three days while Seiler was ill.

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