Storyline : A largely fictionalized account of the career of actress Jeanne Eagels, whose fame was both on stage and on the screen in t...
Storyline : A largely fictionalized account of the career of actress Jeanne Eagels,
whose fame was both on stage and on the screen in the 1910s and 1920s,
is presented. After losing in a rigged carnival beauty pageant, winning
which she believed would be her first step to becoming a serious
actress, Jeanne joins the traveling carnival itself under the guidance
of the pageant organizer, Sal Satori, who features her in a variety of
carnival stage shows. {full_page}
Stars: Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Drake, Larry Gates, Virginia Grey, Gene Lockhart