Joan Crawford Songs From M-G-M's Torch Song 1953 MGM Records X214 Rare EP

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Walte Gross Plays Songs From M-G-M's "Torch Song"

Label: MGM Records – X214Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, MonoCountry: USReleased: 1953Genre:

Stage & ScreenStyle: A1 Blue MoonA2 You're All The World To MeB1 Follow MeLead Vocals – India AdamsB2 Once In A WhileC1 TenderlyC2 When A Fool Falls In LoveLead Vocals – India AdamsD1 I Don't Know WhyD2 You Won't Forget MeLead Vocals – India Adams2 x 45rpm EPs - same content as the 10 inch LP

Torch Song is a 1953 American Technicolor musical drama film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Joan Crawford and Michael Wilding in a story about a Broadway star and her blind rehearsal pianist. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes and Jan Lustig [de] was based upon the story "Why Should I Cry?" by I.A.R. Wylie in a 1949 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The film was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Sidney Franklin, Henry Berman and Charles Schnee. Crawford's singing voice was dubbed by India Adams.

Crawford lip-syncs to the recording Adams originally made for Cyd Charisse in a number discarded from the 1953 film, The Band Wagon. That's Entertainment III includes a segment presenting the two numbers side-by-side, in split screen.[3]

The film marked Crawford's return to MGM after leaving the studio to join Warner Bros. in 1944. Her original recordings for the soundtrack, which were not used in the film, have survived and have been included in home video releases.

Plot

This article needs a plot summary. Please add one in your own words. (January 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)CastJoan Crawford as Jenny StewartIndia Adams as Jenny's dubbed singing voiceMichael Wilding as Tye GrahamGig Young as Cliff WillardMarjorie Rambeau as Mrs. StewartHenry Morgan as Joe DennerDorothy Patrick as MarthaJames Todd as Philip NortonEugene Loring as Gene, the Dance DirectorPaul Guilfoyle as Monty RolfeBenny Rubin as Charles MaylorPeter Chong as PeterMaidie Norman as AnneNancy Gates as Celia StewartChris Warfield as Chuck PetersRudy Render as Singer at PartyBill Lee as Singer's dubbed singing voiceMusical numbers"You're All the World to Me" – Danced by Crawford and Walters"Follow Me" – Sung by Crawford (dubbed by Adams)"Two-Faced Woman" (outtake) – Sung by Crawford (dubbed by Adams)"You Won't Forget Me" – Sung by Crawford (dubbed by Adams)"Follow Me" (reprise) – Sung by Render (dubbed by Lee)"Two-Faced Woman" – Sung and danced by Crawford (dubbed by Adams) and chorus"Tenderly" – Sung partially by Crawford along to a recording by AdamsReceptionOtis Guernsey Jr. in the New York Herald Tribune wrote "Joan Crawford has another of her star-sized roles...she is vivid and irritable, volcanic and feminine...Here is Joan Crawford all over the screen, in command, in love and in color, a real movie star in what amounts to a carefully produced one-woman show."[4]

According to MGM records, the film made $1,135,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $533,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $260,000.[2] The film is regarded as a camp classic and a possible influence on Faye Dunaway's portrayal of Crawford in Mommie Dearest.[citation needed]

It was parodied (as "Torchy Song") in a January 22, 1977 episode of The Carol Burnett Show.[5]

AccoladesRambeau was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 26th Academy Awards.[6]