| Jeanne Eagels | |
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| Directed by | George Sidney |
| Screenplay by | Daniel Fuchs Sonya Levien John Fante |
| Story by | Daniel Fuchs |
| Produced by | George Sidney |
| Starring | Kim Novak Jeff Chandler |
| Cinematography | Robert H. Planck |
| Edited by | Viola Lawrence Jerome Thoms |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3.1 million (US rentals)[1] |
Jeanne Eagels (also titled The Jeanne Eagels Story) is a 1957 American biographical film loosely based on the life of stage star Jeanne Eagels. Distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film was produced and directed by George Sidney from a screenplay by John Fante, Daniel Fuchs and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Fuchs.[2][3]
The film stars Kim Novak in the title role and Jeff Chandler.
Many aspects of Eagels' real life were omitted or largely fictionalized. Eagels' family later sued Columbia Pictures over the way Eagels was depicted in the film.[4]
- ^ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30
- ^ Variety film review; July 24, 1957, page 6.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; July 20, 1957, page 114.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2008). "Jeanne Eagels (1957)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 16, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2013.