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Film greats Kirk Douglas ("Spartacus") and Susan Hayward ("Valley of the Dolls") star in this comedy about a fiery news publisher who knows all about the past of a military diplomat. But instead of discrediting him, she ends up falling in love. Co-starring Jim Backus ("Gilligan's Island").
Only after Chalkley's 1966 death did Hayward attempt to re-build her career, and even then, she maintained her base in the South. She made headlines when she replaced Judy Garland as a temperamental Broadway star in Valley of the Dolls (1967) and agreed to star in the Las Vegas production of the musical Mame, but neither project did as much for her career as she might have hoped. Then she got bad news from her doctors. Her two-pack-a-day cigarette habit had given her lung cancer. Despite surgery, the cancer spread to her brain. After playing a female rancher in The Revengers and a doctor in the television movie Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (both 1972), she announced her retirement from acting.
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Academy Award-winning biopic stars Susan Hayward as famed songstress Jane Froman. After landing a job at a Cincinnati radio station with the help of her mentor/lover, her career quickly takes off. But when Forman is severely injured in a plane crash while en route to perform for Allied troops during World War II, she is nursed back to health by a handsome pilot--resulting in professional NOTE: This Title is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer. This Title is Brand new with minor packaging damage.
Susan mentions that she is looking forward to living in Huron. "I was really impressed by the people I met during my visit," she said. "I think the South Dakota State Fair has great possibilities, and I can't wait to get started." She begins her new responsibilities at the end of the month.
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Synopsis: In this inspiring drama, William Thompson (William Lundigan) is a minister from the deep South who has recently married Mary Elizabeth (Susan Hayward), a woman from the city. William is assigned a new parish and moves with Mary Elizabeth to a small town in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains, where heRead More
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