Torch Song (film)
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| Torch Song | |
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| Directed by | Charles Walters |
| Produced by | Henry Berman Sidney Franklin, Jr. Charles Schnee |
| Written by | Story: I.A.R. Wylie Screenplay: John Michael Hayes Jan Lustig |
| Starring | Joan Crawford Michael Wilding Gig Young Marjorie Rambeau |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | October 23, 1953 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Torch Song (1953) is a musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Sidney Franklin, Henry Berman, and Charles Schnee. The screenplay was by John Michael Hayes and Jan Lustig, based on a story by I. A. R. Wylie entitled, "Why Should I Cry?" The music score was by Adolph Deutsch.
Torch Song starred Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, and Marjorie Rambeau.
Crawford plays Jenny Stewart, a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. But she soon finds love from Tye Graham (Wilding), a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.
This movie is infamous for the musical number Two-Faced Woman (a left over from The Band Wagon) in which a blackfaced Crawford lip-syncs to singer India Adams' voice while snakily dancing with male dancers.
This film marked Joan Crawford's return to MGM after a ten-year absence.
