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Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

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A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1947-03-01

Runtime: 103 mins

Director: Stuart Heisler

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama

Original title: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Production Companies: Universal International Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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Geronimo1967
A sort of role-reversal of "A Star is Born" as Susan Hayward portrays a successful nightclub singer who marries a struggling lyricist - Lee Bowman. When his career takes off, she becomes disheartened and turns to the bottle - putting herself and her young daughter at risk. Hayward is rather good in this - she is convincing as both a singer (thanks, largely, to the tones of Peg La Centra) and a drunk; and does engender a feeling of sympathy. Regrettably, the rest of the cast are unremarkable and the ending reduces her performance to little more than that of a pathetic failure. It's worth a watch, but only because you can see the star quality in Hayward's performance rather than anything peculiar to this story.
2022-07-07

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