Doll Face (1945) DVD5 - Vivian Blaine - Perry Como Musical [DDR]

Doll Face (1945) DVD5 - Vivian Blaine - Perry Como Musical [DDR]

Doll Face is a 1945 film directed by Lewis Seiler starring Vivian Blaine as "Doll Face" Carroll.
The film is also known as Come Back to Me in the United Kingdom.

CAST:-
Vivian Blaine as Mary Elizabeth "Doll Face" Carroll
Dennis O'Keefe as Michael Francis "Mike" Hannegan
Perry Como as Nicky Ricci
Carmen Miranda as Chita Chula
Martha Stewart as Frankie Porter
Stephen Dunne as Frederick Manly Gerard
Reed Hadley as Flo Hartman
Stanley Prager as Flo's aide
Charles Tannen as Flo's aide
George E. Stone as stage manager
Frank Orth as Peters
Donald MacBride as Ferguson (lawyer)

Directed by Lewis Seiler
Produced by Bryan Foy
Written by Harold Buchman (adaptation), Gypsy Rose Lee (play The Naked Genius)
Running time 80 minutes

MOVIE REVIEW:- Doll Face (1945)
"Doll Face" Carroll is an entertainer looking to expand her reportoire. After a failed audition, where she is recognized as a burlesque performer from the Gayety Theatre, her manager

and fiancé Mike Hannegan suggest she writes an autobiography to project a more literate image and he hires Frederick Manly Gerard as a ghost writer. Doll Face agrees on the condition she is allowed to dedicate the book to Mike with "For the love of Mike".

Another performer in the burlesque show, Chita Chula, remarks that if the book is a success and Doll Face leaves the show it will probably have to close down. Mike then decides to produce a Broadway show of his own with the financial aid of the performers themselves. Frederick offers to put up any money missing. Chita Chula (portrayed by Carmen Miranda) is sceptical she can pull it off, but Mike assures her she'll "probably wound up being another Carmen Miranda!", something Chita Chula perceives as an insult.

Mike leaks word on the book to the press and, riding the publicity, argues the show got all the press it needs and that the book, although all but finished, needs not to be published. Doll Face, however, decides to go through with it and goes to Jamaica with Frederick for some final touch-ups. Boat engine trouble leaves them marooned on an island and when Mike finds them he breaks up with her. Without "Doll Face" as headliner, the Gayety Theatre struggles and Mike finally shuts it down.

Doll Face releases her book "The Genius DeMilo" and when Mike sees she dedicated the book to Frederick instead of him, he regrets leaving her. After Doll Face refuses to talk to Mike he sends a lawyer to stop her show in the middle of opening night since she is under contract not to appear in any show not produced by him. She agrees to meet him and he asks her forgiveness. They reunite, she tricks the producer of her show to give Mike a 25% share and co-producer credit so the show can go on.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:-
Video Codec: MPEG-2
Video Bitrate: 4999 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x480
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1
Frames Per Second: 23.976
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: English
RunTime 80 mins
Subtitles: Francais, Espanol
Ripped by: Trinidad [DDR]
Duration: 80 mins