Torch Song (1953)
Tough Baby - a wonderful love story with the star of "Sudden Fear" and for the first time you'll see her in Technicolor
Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.
- Date of release
- 1953-10-01
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (26)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Music, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Charles Walters
Casting
- Joan Crawford — Jenny Stewart
- Michael Wilding — Tye Graham
- Gig Young — Cliff Willard
- Marjorie Rambeau — Mrs. Stewart
- Harry Morgan — Joe Denner
- Dorothy Patrick — Martha
- James Todd — Philip Norton
- Eugene Loring — Gene, Dance Director
- Paul Guilfoyle — Monty Rolfe
- Benny Rubin — Charles Maylor
- Peter Chong — Peter
- Maidie Norman — Anne
Interesting facts
- Budget: $1M
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Torch Song is a 1953 American Technicolor musical drama film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Joan Crawford and Michael Wilding in a story about a Broadway star and her blind rehearsal pianist. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes and Jan Lustig was based upon the story "Why Should I Cry?" by I.A.R. Wylie in a 1949 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The film was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Sidney Franklin, Jr. and Henry Berman. Crawford's singing voice was dubbed by India Adams.
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