The Helen Morgan Story
The Helen Morgan Story, released in the UK as Both Ends of the Candle, is a 1957 American biographical film directed by Michael Curtiz starring Ann Blyth and Paul Newman.
Plot
Helen Morgan begins her career as a Chicago carnival dancer. She catches the eye of fast-talking, double-dealing Larry Maddux, whose promotion catapults her to fame as a Broadway performer in Show Boat and a headliner in her own nightclub.
Cast
- Alan King
- Alan Sues
- Ann Blyth
- Bess Flowers
- Cara Williams
- Dorothy Green
- Frank Sully
- Fred Kelsey
- Fred Sherman
- Gayne Whitman
- Gene Evans
- Iris Adrian
- Jimmy McHugh
- Joe Besser
- Leonid Kinskey
- Paul Newman
- Phil Arnold
- Richard Carlson
- Robert Bice
- Robert Clarke
- Rory Mallinson
- Rudy Vallée
- Sammy White
- Tito Vuolo
- Walter Reed
- Walter Winchell
- Warren Douglas
More details
| author | Dean Riesner Stephen Longstreet |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | Michael Curtiz Paul Helmick |
| editor | Frank Bracht |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | bellevue bellevue hospital center change of heart florenz ziegfeld married on the road rock bottom show boat wall street wall street crash of 1929 |
| musicBy | Ray Heindorf |
| producer | Martin Rackin |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | biographical biographical drama musical drama |