Lana Turner was a Movie Star! And also a great film actress: The Postman Always Rings Twice blazing sex appeal in her white costume!, The Bad and The Beautiful, Peyton Place and when her career was deemed over due to the Stompanato scandal, Lana took only a small salary against 50% of the profits triumphed in Imitation of Life a mega hit for Universal. Lana made millions of dollars with her hit Imitation of Life. Lana was incredibly beautiful and one of her producers Ross Hunter got off a great quote" Photographing Lana. In Black and White is like photographing champagne in a coffee mug"
Lana Turner had a firm hold on the female audiences even with the notorious killing of Mafia Hood in her home by her daughter Cheryl.. I was astonished wen Cheyrl on a talk show deemed her mother " great woman" all the while involving Cherrl in one of Hollywood's greatest scandals. Cheyrl in her great book "Detour" noted her Mother's Many Husbands and as Cheyrl noted "Caravan of Lovers." See Lana on the Phil Donahue show where she got a prolonged standing ovation, and gives a description of her 7 husbands and her "great love" Tyrone Power.
Lana ventured to Columbia Pictures for this sexy drama set in Mexico. It makes little sense but no matter Lana had a $1 million wardrobe created by Edith Head as she dealt with the varied Men the picture. Stefanie Powers then a Columbia contract star has a featured role but it is Lana Turner in the spotlight. One actor Ron Husman was a great Broadway star in the play "Tenderloin" but never made it to stardom in Hollywood.
PS. Lana fell ill during the early stages of filming and Susan Hayward and Jennifer Jones were mentioned as replacing Lana, but Columbia waited for Lana to return.
Love Has Many Faces is a guilty pleasure with Lana looking like a million and wearing Edith Head;s $1 Million dollar wardrobe, the total focal point of this film.
Lana Turner had a firm hold on the female audiences even with the notorious killing of Mafia Hood in her home by her daughter Cheryl.. I was astonished wen Cheyrl on a talk show deemed her mother " great woman" all the while involving Cherrl in one of Hollywood's greatest scandals. Cheyrl in her great book "Detour" noted her Mother's Many Husbands and as Cheyrl noted "Caravan of Lovers." See Lana on the Phil Donahue show where she got a prolonged standing ovation, and gives a description of her 7 husbands and her "great love" Tyrone Power.
Lana ventured to Columbia Pictures for this sexy drama set in Mexico. It makes little sense but no matter Lana had a $1 million wardrobe created by Edith Head as she dealt with the varied Men the picture. Stefanie Powers then a Columbia contract star has a featured role but it is Lana Turner in the spotlight. One actor Ron Husman was a great Broadway star in the play "Tenderloin" but never made it to stardom in Hollywood.
PS. Lana fell ill during the early stages of filming and Susan Hayward and Jennifer Jones were mentioned as replacing Lana, but Columbia waited for Lana to return.
Love Has Many Faces is a guilty pleasure with Lana looking like a million and wearing Edith Head;s $1 Million dollar wardrobe, the total focal point of this film.