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| Director: | George Seaton | 
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| Writer: | George Seaton | 
| Staring: | 
| An actor on the skids is given one more chance to regain his stardom, as well as his self-respect, yet his alcoholism may prevent that from happening. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 15, 1954 | 
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| Director: | George Seaton | 
| Writer: | George Seaton | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | show business, husband wife relationship, entertainer, loyalty, diva, marriage, theater director, stage fright, backstage, grief, based on play or musical, theatrical producer, accidental death, alcoholic, rehearsal, guilt, drunkenness, former star, professional ego | 
| Production Companies | Perlberg-Seaton Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Bing Crosby | Frank Elgin | 
| Grace Kelly | Georgie Elgin | 
| William Holden | Bernie Dodd | 
| Anthony Ross | Philip Cook | 
| Gene Reynolds | Larry | 
| Jacqueline Fontaine | Lounge Singer | 
| Eddie Ryder | Ed | 
| Robert Kent | Paul Unger | 
| John W. Reynolds | Henry Johnson | 
| Bob Alden | Bellboy (uncredited) | 
| Mary Ellen Batten | Spectator (uncredited) | 
| Morgan Brown | Bar Patron (uncredited) | 
| Buddy Bryan | Performer in Play (uncredited) | 
| Steve Carruthers | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 
| George Chakiris | Dancer in Play (uncredited) | 
| Charles Cirillo | Waiter (uncredited) | 
| Les Clark | Actor in Play (uncredited) | 
| Oliver Cross | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 
| Roy Damron | Performer in Play (uncredited) | 
| Drusilla Davis | Dancer in Play (uncredited) | 
| Hal K. Dawson | Actor in Play (uncredited) | 
| Allan Douglas | Man (uncredited) | 
| Don Dunning | Expressman (uncredited) | 
| Franklyn Farnum | First-Nighter (uncredited) | 
| Bess Flowers | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 
| George Ford | Theatre Patron (uncredited) | 
| Ed Fury | Actor in Play (uncredited) | 
| Neva Gilbert | Lady (uncredited) | 
| Dick Gordon | Theatre Patron (uncredited) | 
| Chuck Hamilton | Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 
| Jimmie Horan | Bar Patron (uncredited) | 
| Chester Jones | Ralph (uncredited) | 
| Howard Joslin | Actor in Play (uncredited) | 
| Kenner G. Kemp | Drunken Table Extra (uncredited) | 
| Jack Kenney | Actor in Play (uncredited) | 
| Robert Locke Lorraine | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 
| Wilbur Mack | Theatre Patron (uncredited) | 
| Frank McLure | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 
| Harold Miller | Theatre Party Guest (uncredited) | 
| Hans Moebus | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 
| Ida Moore | Helen, Actress in Play (uncredited) | 
| Rex Moore | Stagehand (uncredited) | 
| Forbes Murray | Party Guest (uncredited) | 
| Monty O'Grady | Theatre Patron (uncredited) | 
| Foster H. Phinney | Theatre Patron (uncredited) | 
| Joe Ploski | Stagehand (uncredited) | 
| Harry 'Snub' Pollard | Stagehand (uncredited) | 
| Jon Provost | Johnnie Elgin (uncredited) | 
| Ruth Rickaby | Actress in Play (uncredited) | 
| Jack Roberts | Man (uncredited) | 
| Jeffrey Sayre | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 
| Frank J. Scannell | Bartender (uncredited) | 
| Sarah Selby | Theatregoer (uncredited) | 
| Norman Stevens | Party Guest (uncredited) | 
| Charles Tannen | Photographer (uncredited) | 
| Max Wagner | Expressman (uncredited) | 
| Katherine Warren | Theatregoer (uncredited) | 
| Dan White | Man (uncredited) | 
| Victor Young | Conductor (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| George Seaton | Screenplay, Director | 
| Clifford Odets | Theatre Play | 
| Victor Young | Original Music Composer | 
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration | 
| Edith Head | Costume Design | 
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor | 
| Ira Gershwin | Songs | 
| Harold Arlen | Songs | 
| Ellsworth Hoagland | Editor | 
| Robert Alton | Choreographer | 
| Roland Anderson | Art Direction | 
| Francisco Day | Assistant Director | 
| Gene Merritt | Sound Recordist | 
| John P. Fulton | Special Effects, Visual Effects | 
| Grace Gregory | Set Decoration | 
| John Cope | Sound Recordist | 
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction | 
| John F. Warren | Director of Photography | 
| Arthur Jacobson | Producer's Assistant | 
| Harry Caplan | Production Manager | 
| Stanley K. Scheuer | Script Supervisor | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| George Seaton | Producer | 
| William Perlberg | Producer | 
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | Grace Kelly | Nominated | 
| Academy Awards | Best Director | George Seaton | Nominated | 
| Golden Globes | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated | 
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I have mixed emotions in general about Bing Crosby, as both an entertainer and as a human being. Still, as I love both older movies and jazz singing (though most of his music couldn't be considered as such), I have sought out as many of his films as I can inexpensively find. This came out in a fine ... Grace Kelly boxed set that I found locally very inexpensively, and I greatly admired this performance of hers, at this early juncture of her very short filmic career. It was obvious, even now, that she would be a superstar. Hard to believe that director Seaton, who won an Oscar for the screenplay (Kelly won the other Academy Award, amongst the film's seven nominations), was the same director that later did 'Airport'. Kelly's rapport with both Crosby and William Holden is purely magical.