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Torch Song(Movie, 1953)

1h 30min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love
Torch SongRating: 3.0/5 (with 88 votes)
Torch Song is a 1953 American Technicolor musical drama film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Joan Crawford and Michael Wilding in a story about a Broadway star and her blind rehearsal pianist. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes and Jan Lustig was based upon the story "Why Should I Cry?" by I.A.R. Wylie in a 1949 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The film was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Sidney Franklin, Henry Berman and Charles Schnee. Crawford's singing voice was dubbed by India Adams. Crawford lip-syncs to the recording Adams originally made for Cyd Charisse in a number discarded from the 1953 film, The Band Wagon. That's Entertainment III includes a segment presenting the two numbers side-by-side, in split screen. The film marked Crawford's return to MGM after leaving to studio to join Warner Bros. in 1944. Her original recordings for the soundtrack, which were not used in the film, have survived and have been included in home video releases. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Torch Song

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

About Torch Song

Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.

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Torch Song - Original Theatrical Trailer(Trailer, 3:27)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/01/1953
Director: Charles Walters
Screenwriter: John Michael Hayes, Jan Lustig
Film Editor: Albert Akst
Director of Photography: Robert H. Planck
Composer: Adolph Deutsch
Costume designer: Helen Rose
Production Designer: Cedric Gibbons

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Other movies with this title: Torch Song (US, 1993), Torch Song (2020), Torch Song (2024)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:185787, Added: 04/22/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024