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Smash-Up
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Alpha Video
EAN: 0089218626998
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Label: Alpha Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
MPN: 6269
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Alpha Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 07, 2003
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Alpha Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1947-03
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You can definitely see the beginnings of Susan Hayward's performance (as drunken singing star Lillian Roth in 1955's "I'll Cry Tomorrow") in this, her very first Academy Award-nominated performance, 1947's SMASH-UP.
Susan Hayward stars as Angie Evans, a singer who gives away her career for marriage and motherhood. But when her husband Ken's (Lee Bowman) radio career suddenly shifts into high-gear, Angie--unable to cope in the harsh world spotlight--begins taking comfort in the bottom ... Read More
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The film begins with a view of the New York Hospital where a woman lies bandaged in bed. She needs a drink. Then we see her life before as singer Angelica Evans in a nightclub. [Who is singing?] She meets her friend Ken Conway (his band folded). Will her singing career be ended by marriage? Will a child bring happiness? Do personal relationships help in show business? Ken sings the Western songs popular in those days. [Who is singing?] Angie has to go to the hospital and delivers a girl. Ken becomes ... Read More
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Hayward was the anti-Crawford. Here she plays Angela, a neurotic and frazzled souse who flings herself onto the furniture in bouts of self-pity and whining. She is really hard to root for. You expect her to pick herself up by the bootstraps, but this is not a Cinderella story. It is a dated psychodrama about the hapless yearnings of the weaker sex. For that reason it's interesting to watch today. They couldn't have made Angela's worries more trivial, less substantial if they tried, but they're enough ... Read More
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THIS FILM IS THE SECOND BEST WORK THAT I'VE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING MISS HAYWARD IN....SECOND ONLY TO " I WANT TO LIVE ".THE FILM STARTS OFF SIMPLE ENOUGH WITH MISS HAYWARD IN RAREST OF FORM , BEAUTY AND CHARM....THE MUSIC SCORE IS A KNOCKOUT...AFTER THE RETURN OF A LONG GONE BEAU SHE DECIDES TO TURN HER BACK ON A RISING CAREER TO HELP NURTURE HER 'MAN'S " DREAMS...AFTER MUCH DRINK AND DRAMA THE STORY TAKES A TURN FOR THE BEST IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS INSPIRED WRITING AND ACTING...THE ... Read More
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Great Susan Hayward. Not quite as believable as an alcoholic, but still the story is over the top,good melodrama! Supposedly this the story of Bing Crosby's wife, Dixie Lee.
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