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An actor on the skids is given one more chance to regain his stardom, as well as his self-respect, yet his alcoholism may prevent that from happening.
Keywords
husband wife relationship
show business
entertainer
loyalty
marriage
diva
based on play or musical
theater director
stage fright
backstage
grief
theatrical producer
accidental death
alcoholic
rehearsal
guilt
drunkenness
former star
professional ego
Casts

Bing Crosby
Frank Elgin

Grace Kelly
Georgie Elgin

William Holden
Bernie Dodd

Anthony Ross
Philip Cook

Gene Reynolds
Larry

Jacqueline Fontaine
Lounge Singer

Eddie Ryder
Ed

Robert Kent
Paul Unger
John W. Reynolds
Henry Johnson
Bob Alden
Bellboy (uncredited)
Mary Ellen Batten
Spectator (uncredited)

Morgan Brown
Bar Patron (uncredited)

Buddy Bryan
Performer in Play (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

George Chakiris
Dancer in Play (uncredited)
Charles Cirillo
Waiter (uncredited)
Les Clark
Actor in Play (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Roy Damron
Performer in Play (uncredited)
Drusilla Davis
Dancer in Play (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson
Actor in Play (uncredited)
Allan Douglas
Man (uncredited)
Don Dunning
Expressman (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
First-Nighter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
George Ford
Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Ed Fury
Actor in Play (uncredited)
Neva Gilbert
Lady (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Chester Jones
Ralph (uncredited)
Howard Joslin
Actor in Play (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Drunken Table Extra (uncredited)

Jack Kenney
Actor in Play (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack
Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Frank McLure
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Theatre Party Guest (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Ida Moore
Helen, Actress in Play (uncredited)
Rex Moore
Stagehand (uncredited)

Forbes Murray
Party Guest (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Foster H. Phinney
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Stagehand (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Stagehand (uncredited)

Jon Provost
Johnnie Elgin (uncredited)
Ruth Rickaby
Actress in Play (uncredited)
Jack Roberts
Man (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell
Bartender (uncredited)

Sarah Selby
Theatregoer (uncredited)
Norman Stevens
Party Guest (uncredited)

Charles Tannen
Photographer (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Expressman (uncredited)

Katherine Warren
Theatregoer (uncredited)

Dan White
Man (uncredited)

Victor Young
Conductor (uncredited)
Crews
William Perlberg
Producer

Clifford Odets
Theatre Play

George Seaton
Screenplay

Victor Young
Original Music Composer

George Seaton
Director

George Seaton
Producer
Ellsworth Hoagland
Editor
Hal Pereira
Art Direction

Harold Arlen
Songs
John F. Warren
Director of Photography

Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
Gene Merritt
Sound Recordist
Roland Anderson
Art Direction
Robert Alton
Choreographer

Ira Gershwin
Songs
John Cope
Sound Recordist
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Francisco Day
Assistant Director

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor

Edith Head
Costume Design
John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
Arthur Jacobson
Producer's Assistant
Harry Caplan
Production Manager
Stanley K. Scheuer
Script Supervisor
Backdrops & Posters


