Jeanne Eagels (1957)


Jeanne Eagels
Release Date02 August 1957
TaglineTOO MANY SINS TO FORGET! (original print ad - all caps)
GenreDrama, Biography
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassShowbiz Drama, Biopic [feature]
ThemesActor's Life, Ladder to the Top
TagsActor, Alcoholism, Aspiration, Career, Carnival, Dance [art], Double Cross, Fame, Fate, Ill Fated, Love, Owner, Performer, Producer [showbiz], Prostitute/prostitution, Show, Show Business, Split Personality, Stage, Star, Success

Jeanne Eagels (also title The Jeanne Eagels Story) is a 1957 fictionalized biographical film of the life of stage star Jeanne Eagels, made by Columbia Pictures. It was produced and directed by George Sidney from a screenplay by John Fante, Daniel Fuchs and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Fuchs. The film stars Kim Novak and Jeff Chandler with Charles Drake, Agnes Moorehead, Larry Gates, Virginia Grey, Gene Lockhart and Murray Hamilton.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Jeanne Eagels

Sal Satori

Nellie Neilson

John Donahue

Al Brooks

Elsie Desmond

Equity Board President

Frank Satori

Chick O'Hara

Lee Allen
Stage Director

Myrtle Anderson
Jeanne's Maid

Jack Ano
Soldier

Beulah Archuletta
Mrs. Horn

Sob Sister at Party

Butch Bernard
Frank Satori's Child #2

Reporter

Director Frank Borzage

Lew Borzage
Assistant Director

William 'Tex' Carr
Specialty Fire Eater

John Celentano
Frank Satori's Child #1

Sheridan Comerate
Confederate Officer

Heinie Conklin
Joe, Carnival Employee

Walter Conrad
Reporter

Bill Couch
Barker

Chuck Couch
Barker

Lillian Culver
Equity Board Woman

Mina Cunard
Neilson Maid

Sgt. O'Hara in 'Rain'

Giselle D'Arc
French Maid

Jules Davis
Mr. Horn

George DeNormand
Police Sergeant

Paul De Rolf
Wise Teenager

Frances Driver
Maid

Juney Ellis
Mrs. Davidson

Teenage Girl

Sammy Finn
Barker

Richard Gaines
Judge

Kenneth Gibson
Middle-Aged Man

Lowell Gilmore
Rev. Davidson in 'Rain'

Rebecca Godinez
Satori Daughter

James Gonzales
Equity Man

Raymond Greenleaf
Elderly Lawyer

Reita Green
Girl

Joanne Harding
Girl

Cpl. Hodgson

Whitey Haupt
Wise Teenager

Young Actor on Equity Board

Bob Hopkins
Reporter

Bradford Jackson
Equity Sokesman

Piccaninny

Kenner G. Kemp
Movie Set Crewman

Larry Larson
Wise Teenager

Jennifer Lea
Young Ingenue

Hal Le Sueur
Reporter

George J. Lewis
Foreman

Mrs. Corliss

Alyn Lockwood
Rosalie Satori

Brenda Lomas
Teenage Girl

Florence MacAfee
Mrs. McPhail

Ticket Selling Barker

Dr. Richards

Junius Matthews
Court Clerk

Tom McKee
Police Lieutenant

Joseph Mell
Actors Equity Representative

Frank Mills
Courtroom Attendee

Carlyle Mitchell
Disgruntled Man

Irving Mitchell
Lawyer

Pat Mowry
Chubby Bathing Beauty

Jimmy Murphy
Murph - Assistant Director

Forbes Murray
Man in Stage Wings

George N. Neise
Jerry the Traveling Salesman

Tom Nolan
Satori's Son

Joseph Novak
Stage Manager

Gary Pagett
Wise Teenager

Joe Ploski
Chief of Police at Carnival

Quartermaster Bates in 'Rain'

Walter Ridge
Barker

Deon Robb
Kevin

Wallace Ross
Barker

Cosmo Sardo
Reporter

Eugene Sherman
Reporter

Bert Spencer
Dr. McPhail

Bert Stevens
Member of Audience

Joy Stoner
Girl

Bill Suiter
Sailor

John Tarangelo
Pvt. Griggs

Arthur Tovey
Hotel Desk Clerk

Lee Trent
Equity Board Head

Eddie, Reporter

Leon Tyler
Bellhop

Jean Vachon
Middle-Aged Woman

Helen Van Tuyl
Equity Board Member

Dorothy Vernon
Wardrobe Woman

Patricia Winters
Bit Role

Ward Wood
Police Sergeant

Will Wright
Marshal

Director

Producer

John Fante
writer

Daniel Fuchs
screenplay, story

writer

producer

Original Music

Mischa Bakaleinikoff
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George Duning
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Gil Grau
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Howard Jackson
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Cinematographer

Robert H. Planck
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Editor

Viola Lawrence
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Jerome Thoms
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Art Director

Ross Bellah
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Set Decorator

William Kiernan
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Alfred E. Spencer
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Costume Designer

Makeup Department

Helen Hunt
hair stylist

Ben Lane
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Charles S. Gould
assistant director

Sound Department

Franklin Hansen Jr.
sound

John P. Livadary
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

Albert Bettcher
first assistant camera

Richard H. Kline
camera operator

Music Department

musical director

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Distributor

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Films S.A.






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