The real Jeanne Eagles had a tragic life and had both Broadway and Hollywood early talkie success before becoming an alcoholic and heroine addict and dying around age 39 in 1929.
This is a heavily fictionalized version of her life that seems to deliberately turn it into a bad melodrama. For some reason it makes Eagles seem like a vicious, stupid and totally unlikable person. Kim Novak gives what I hope is her worst performance, as I can't imagine her ever performing in a worse movie. I'm wondering who was out to destroy her career by putting her in this. I do hope that she fired her agent who nearly wreaked her career by choosing this wrecked piece for her.
This is a heavily fictionalized version of her life that seems to deliberately turn it into a bad melodrama. For some reason it makes Eagles seem like a vicious, stupid and totally unlikable person. Kim Novak gives what I hope is her worst performance, as I can't imagine her ever performing in a worse movie. I'm wondering who was out to destroy her career by putting her in this. I do hope that she fired her agent who nearly wreaked her career by choosing this wrecked piece for her.