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Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
Acting
Paul Newman dialing slimeball charisma to 11 in an early role.
Costume
Orry-Kelly gowns doing heavy lifting while Blyth does not.
Production
Michael Curtiz somehow making a soundstage feel like Chicago.

Director
Michael Curtiz
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