Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Love-Wrecked!
1947 | 103m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Stuart Heisler |
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| Writer: | John Howard Lawson, Dorothy Parker, Frank Cavett |
| Staring: |
| A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 01, 1947 |
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| Director: | Stuart Heisler |
| Writer: | John Howard Lawson, Dorothy Parker, Frank Cavett |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | alcoholism, alcoholic, nightclub singer |
| Production Companies | Universal International Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Susan Hayward | Angie Evans |
| Lee Bowman | Ken Conway |
| Marsha Hunt | Martha Gray |
| Eddie Albert | Steve Nelson |
| Carl Esmond | Dr. Lorenz |
| Carleton Young | Fred Elliott |
| Charles D. Brown | Mike Dawson |
| Janet Murdoch | Miss Kirk |
| Sharyn Payne | Angel Conway |
| Robert Shayne | Mr. Gordon |
| Larry J. Blake | Emcee (uncredited) |
| George Meeker | Wolf (uncredited) |
| Erville Alderson | Farmer (uncredited) |
| George Meader | Attorney (uncredited) |
| Ruth Sanderson | Maggie (uncredited) |
| Steve Olsen | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Fredi Walker-Browne | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Barbara Wooddell | girl (uncredited) |
| Cecil Elliott | Matron (uncredited) |
| Alice Fleming | Mrs. Tierman (uncredited) |
| John Wald | Radio announcer (uncredited) |
| James Craven | Winsley (uncredited) |
| Frances Morris | Miss Benton (uncredited) |
| Connie Leon | Mary (uncredited) |
| William Gould | Judge (uncredited) |
| Vivien Oakland | Woman at bar (uncredited) |
| Robert Verdaine | Maitre d' (uncredited) |
| George Ramsey | Cab driver (uncredited) |
| Ed Randolph | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| Eddie Coke | News Photographer (uncredited) |
| Ann Toth | Ladies Room Patron (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| John Howard Lawson | Screenplay |
| Dorothy Parker | Story |
| Stuart Heisler | Director |
| Stanley Cortez | Director of Photography |
| Carmen Dirigo | Hairstylist |
| Milton Carruth | Editor |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| David Tamkin | Orchestrator |
| Joe Lapis | Sound Technical Supervisor |
| Frank Cavett | Story |
| Lionel Wiggam | Additional Dialogue |
| Alexander Golitzen | Art Direction |
| Ruby R. Levitt | Set Decoration |
| Charles Felstead | Sound Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Martin Gabel | Associate Producer |
| Walter Wanger | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
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A sort of role-reversal of "A Star is Born" as Susan Hayward portrays a successful nightclub singer who marries a struggling lyricist - Lee Bowman. When his career takes off, she becomes disheartened and turns to the bottle - putting herself and her young daughter at risk. Hayward is rather good in ... this - she is convincing as both a singer (thanks, largely, to the tones of Peg La Centra) and a drunk; and does engender a feeling of sympathy. Regrettably, the rest of the cast are unremarkable and the ending reduces her performance to little more than that of a pathetic failure. It's worth a watch, but only because you can see the star quality in Hayward's performance rather than anything peculiar to this story.