Lillian Russell (1940)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
2h 7min
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- Synopsis:
- After the Civil War, small-town girl Helen Leonard and her family move from Iowa to New York City. Leonard aspires to be an opera singer, but her dreams alter when an ambitious music hall producer thinks she'd do better with him. She changes her name to Lillian Russell (Alice Faye) and breaks out as a huge star of music theater. Despite success, Russell craves love, and becomes the object of desire of several men, including a reporter and a sensitive musician.
- Actors:
- Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold, Warren William, Leo Carrillo, Helen Westley, Dorothy Peterson, Ernest Truex, Nigel Bruce, Lynn Bari, Claud Allister, Joe Weber, Lew Fields, Eddie Foy Jr., Una O'Connor, Joseph Cawthorn, Diane Fisher, Elyse Knox, Joan Valerie
- Directors:
- Irving Cummings
- Writers:
- William Anthony McGuire
- Others:
- Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Singer Biopics, A History of US Presidents in Cinema
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