| The Helen Morgan Story | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Written by | Nelson Gidding Stephen Longstreet Dean Riesner Oscar Saul |
| Produced by | Martin Rackin |
| Starring | Ann Blyth Paul Newman Richard Carlson |
| Cinematography | Ted D. McCord |
| Edited by | Frank Bracht |
| Music by | Ray Heindorf |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 118 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Helen Morgan Story, released in the UK as Both Ends of the Candle, is a 1957 American biographical film directed by Michael Curtiz starring Ann Blyth and Paul Newman.
The screenplay by Oscar Saul, Dean Riesner, Stephen Longstreet, and Nelson Gidding is based on the life and career of torch singer/actress Helen Morgan, with fictional touches liberally added for dramatic purposes. This turned out to be Blyth's final film role.
Another version of Morgan's life story, Helen Morgan, was produced as a live television drama on Playhouse 90, with Polly Bergen as Morgan. Despite requests to delay the television version, it aired five months before the release of the motion picture.[1][2]
- ^ "Studio Asks C.B.S. to Put Off Show: Warners Requests Delay of Program on Helen Morgan Until Completion of Film". The New York Times. February 6, 1957. p. 51.
- ^ Val Adams (February 27, 1957). "C.B.S. Ignoring Bid To Delay TV Play: Network Will Not Postpone Helen Morgan Story Until Release of Warners Film". The New York Times. p. 40.