Jeanne Eagels (1957)
Too many sins to forget!
Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.
- Date of release
- 1957-08-02
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- George Sidney
Casting
- Kim Novak — Jeanne Eagels
- Jeff Chandler — Sal Satori
- Agnes Moorehead — Nellie Neilson
- Charles Drake — John Donahue
- Larry Gates — Al Brooks
- Virginia Grey — Elsie Desmond
- Gene Lockhart — Equity Board President
- Joe De Santis — Frank Satori
- Murray Hamilton — Chick O'Hara
- Lee Allen — Stage Director (uncredited)
- Myrtle Anderson — Jeanne's Maid (uncredited)
- Frank Borzage — Self (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Jeanne Eagels 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.
Production
The film was long planned as a vehicle for Kim Novak. Jeff Chandler had just finished a long-term exclusive contract with Universal and played the male lead.
Novak's dress caught fire during filming but Chandler extinguished it.
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