Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) on Netflix
Approved19471h 43mComedyCrimeDrama
Nightclub singer Angie Evans becomes involved with Ken Conway, an aspiring singer. When his radio career takes off, she stays home, and with her own career stalled she begins to drink.
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Plot summary
Angie Evans makes her living singing in nightclubs. She becomes involved with Ken Conway, a singer still working toward his break, and her agent, Mike Dawson, lines up work for Ken and for Steve Anderson, the piano accompanist, on a radio program of cowboy songs. Ken performs a ballad on the day Angie, his wife by then, gives birth to their daughter, and the broadcast leads to a new career for him. As Ken's popularity and wealth grow, Angie stays home. She drinks more heavily, and Ken, who wants her to make a polished impression on the wealthy friends and contacts he has acquired, comes to depend on his secretary, Martha Gray, for help.
Cast
- Janet Murdochas Miss Kirk
- Sharyn Payneas Angel Conway
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- Ruth Sandersonas Maggie (uncredited)
- Steve Olsenas Bartender (uncredited)
- Fredi Walker-Browneas Bartender (uncredited)
- Cecil Elliottas Matron (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)
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- The film's plot was so close to A Star Is Born that it was rumored to be a cryptic biography of Bing Crosby and his stormy first marriage to Dixie Lee.
- A scene popular with critics and fans is the violent slapping and hair-pulling fight between rivals Susan Hayward and Marsha Hunt in the ladies' powder room, which Hayward repeated 20 years later in Valley of the Dolls.
- Smash-Up gave Susan Hayward her first major role, made her a star and earned her the first of her five Academy Award nominations.
