Quando muore una stella

Titolo originale: The Legend of Lylah Clare
Regia: Robert Aldrich |
Anno: 1968
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Crime Mistero
Tag: hollywood | psychological thriller | movie star |
Cast: Kim Novak | Peter Finch | Ernest Borgnine | Milton Selzer | Rossella Falk | Gabriele Tinti | Valentina Cortese | Jean Carroll | Michael Murphy | Coral Browne | Lee Meriwether | Robert Ellenstein | Ellen Corby | George Kennedy | Dick Miller | Al Bain | Tom Palmer | William Beckley | Jan Peters | Queenie Smith | John Alvin | Ernest Anderson | Noble 'Kid' Chissell | Gene Chronopoulos | Robert Cornthwaite | Billy Curtis | Duke Fishman | Rex Holman | John Indrisano | Kenner G. Kemp | James McEachin | Hans Moebus | Monty O'Grady | Joe Ploski | Cosmo Sardo | Bernard Sell | Max Wagner | Victoria Zinny | James Lanphier | Nick Dennis | Dave Willock | Peter Bravos | Michael Fox | Hal Maguire | Vernon Scott | Sidney Skolsky |

Per la sua straordinaria rassomiglianza, Elsa Brinkmann è scelta per interpretare un film sulla diva Lyla Clare, morta in circostanze misteriose. Incalzata da un produttore senza scrupoli e da una giornalista infida, finirà con l'identificarsi con la defunta star. Fino alle estreme conseguenze.

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At one point, the character of gossip maven Molly Luther asks: "Aren't you borrowing rather heavily [...] D
In the original TV version of this material, the character of Lylah Clare was played by Tuesday Weld [...] D
You may have a hard time recognizing Lee Meriwether in this film. She is credited as "Young Girl," b [...] D
At her premiere party with the press, Elsa is asked about actors running for public office. This is [...] D
This film never got a cinema release in the UK, although it was shown at the National Film Theatre i [...] D
For years after this film's release, Kim Novak refused to even discuss its making. When she finally [...] D
This was very similar to an actress playing the part of another woman, which Kim Novak had previousl [...] D
Screenwriter Hugo Butler, a longterm associate of Robert Aldrich, was suffering from failing health [...] D
Director Aldrich initially wanted Jeanne Moreau or Diana Dors for the lead, but they were unavailabl [...] D
In the scene where Zarkoff and Elsa are watching a clip of an old Lylah Clare movie and Elsa begins [...] D
This film is listed among the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award foun [...] D
To date, this is Kim Novak's last starring role in an American-made feature film. D
Based on a television production of the same material from 1963. D
Ernest Borgnine's vulgarian studio boss character is accused by one of his employees of "always putt [...] D
The stretch of beach where Lylah is filmed driving along the Pacific Coast Highway in a vintage conv [...] D
The elderly "Script Girl" standing adjacent to Peter Finch throughout the trapeze sequence is played [...] D
When MGM executives finally screened the film, they decided to market it as being "deliberately camp [...] D
When Kim Novak walks along Hollywood Boulevard, a theater she passes by is playing Quella sporca doz [...] D
Although this was her first film in three years, due to a riding accident and a lack of interest in [...] D
The actress playing snake-in-the-grass, bitter gossip columnist Molly Luther (a character presumably [...] D
Last screenplay written by Hugo Butler, who had been blacklisted by Hollywood, and exiled himself to [...] D
In the original TV play, the Lylah Clare movie-star character, played by Tuesday Weld, was generally [...] D
Ursula Andress turned down the lead role. D
In a ploy intended to help promote the film, many of the extras playing show biz reporters at Elsa's [...] D

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