Title:Stage Struck

Date: 1958
Type: Drama
Rating: 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Sidney Lumet
Producer: Stuart Miller

Comment
An aspiring actress goes to New York with the aim of becoming a major theatre star. She struggles to reach her goal but along the way she meets a producer (Henry Fonda) and a writer (Christopher Plummer). She finally gets her big break when they give her the lead role in a new play over their established star (Joan Greenwood). The film is dominated by the performance of Susan Strasberg which can be viewed as either very flat and unemotional or a performance that actually reflects the character she is playing. Either way there are good performances from Henry Fonda and Christopher Plummer. This is a remake of the earlier film Morning Glory with Katherine Hepburn, but made after RKO pictures had been sold by Howard Hughes.
Actors
Henry Fonda
Susan Strasberg
Joan Greenwood
Christopher Plummer
Herbert Marshall
Oscars
None

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