Doll Face (1945)
Director:
Lewis SeilerWriters:
Harold Buchman (adaptation), Gypsy Rose Lee(play)Stars:
Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como
Doll Face is one of two attempts by 20th Century Fox to make a movie star out of crooner Perry Como (the other was If I'm Lucky). Actually, Como is but a cog in the wheel of the main plot, which involves Doll Face (Vivian Blaine), a stripteaser with artistic pretensions. On the advice of her manager/boyfriend, Mike Hannegan (Dennis O'Keefe), Doll Faceundergoes a "refinement" process. The next step for the girl is to write an intellectual autobiography, for which ghostwriter Gerard (Michael Dunne) is engaged. Forget the plot, and concentrate on the production numbers performed with gusto by Blaine, Como, andCarmen Miranda. Doll Face is based on The Naked Genius, a play by Louise Hovick -- better known as striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee.
Here is the link to the movie at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037650/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
