Love Me or Leave Me (1955)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Charles Vidor

Escritores:

Daniel Fuchs (screenplay) and
Isobel Lennart (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

10 junio 1955 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Música | Romance

Frase comercial:

You'll Love it!...The Big Lavish Musical of the Roaring Twenties!

Plot:

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Star | Broadway | Marriage | Gangster

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Bittersweet story was a triumph for Day and Cagney...

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Reparto

Doris Day	...	Ruth Etting
James Cagney	...	Martin Snyder
Cameron Mitchell	...	Johnny Alderman
Robert Keith	...	Bernard V. Loomis
Tom Tully	...	Frobisher
Harry Bellaver	...	Georgie
Richard Gaines	...	Paul Hunter
Peter Leeds	...	Fred Taylor
Claude Stroud	...	Eddie Fulton
Audrey Young	...	Jingle Girl
John Harding	...	Greg Trent

También conocida como:

Quiéreme o déjame (Spain) [es]

Duración:

122 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.55 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System) (35 mm magnetic prints)

Clasificación:

UK:A (original rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #17433) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Sweden:Btl | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | UK:PG | Germany:6

Compañía:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

According to an interview with Ruth Etting, she never actually worked as a dance hall hostess. This was dramatic fiction, to underscore the song "Ten Cents a Dance".

Errores:

Anacronismos: Post-war vehicles shown in rear projection near the end of the movie.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?

Bittersweet story was a triumph for Day and Cagney...

I never had to be convinced that Doris Day was a fine actress--from her first film ('Romance on the High Seas') which she stole from veterans like Jack Carson and Janis Paige--to 'Storm Warning' (her first dramatic role as Ginger Rogers' sister)--she never made a false move. But her real acting triumph came with this hard-hitting Ruth Etting biography in which she does an amazing job as the torch singer involved with a gangster boyfriend (James Cagney). Cagney has never been more impressive as the Chicago hood who manages her career--and Day manages to match him every step of the way with a gutsy, heart-felt performance.

Also shown to good advantage is Cameron Mitchell as an admirer with real affection for Day. Their scenes together have a poignant quality because you know how deep the feelings go on both sides. Day's rendition of a haunting ballad, 'I'll Never Stop Loving You', is one of the film's highlights--along with 'Ten Cents A Dance', 'Mean to Me', 'Love Me Or Leave Me', etc. She is simply brilliant.

The high quality of the Oscar-winning script (Best Story) is a tribute to the overall quality of the film itself. A highly dramatic musical, it makes you wonder what Day's career might have been like if she remained at Metro for more such films rather than the sugar-and-spice things she did at Warner Bros. Some of them were charming (the old-fashioned musicals with Gordon MacRae), but since she was a fine dramatic actress she could have done so much more. Day's voice is a sheer pleasure here--perfect pitch, warm tones and easy on the ears. Nobody could sing a ballad like Doris does here. 'I'll Never Stop Loving You' is my favorite.

Summing up: highly recommended as one of the best musical biographies you're ever likely to see.