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‘Peak Strange’: The Jeanne Eagels Biopic

18 Friday Jan 2019

Posted by marina72 in Film, Jeanne Eagels

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Biopic, Farran Smith Nehme, Helen Morgan, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels (1957), Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Kim Novak, Sam H. Harris, Virginia Grey

Whenever I mention Jeanne Eagels, movie fans invariably ask if I’ve seen Kim Novak playing her onscreen. And my answer is usually this: “love Kim, hate the film.” Over at her Self-Styled Siren blog today, Farran Smith Nehme takes a closer look at the ‘Highly Fictionalised Biopics’ that were all the rage in 1957. (Jeanne’s friend, singer Helen Morgan, was another victim that year.) Continue reading →

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