Torch Song (film)

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Torch Song is a 1953 musical film made by MGM. 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. 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 black-faced Crawford badly lip-syncs to singer India Adams' voice while snakily dancing with male dancers. The film marked Joan Crawford's return to MGM after a ten-year absence.

[edit] External links

• Torch Song at the Internet Movie Database