The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 film by Robert Aldrich / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Legend of Lylah Clare is a 1968 American drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Aldrich. The film stars Peter Finch, Kim Novak (in multiple roles), Ernest Borgnine, Michael Murphy, and Valentina Cortese. The film was based on a 1963 DuPont Show of the Week TV drama of the same name co-written by Wild in the Streets creator Robert Thom.[3]
The Legend of Lylah Clare | |
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Directed by | Robert Aldrich |
Screenplay by | Hugo Butler Jean Rouverol |
Based on | 1963 teleplay by Edward DeBlasio and Robert Thom |
Produced by | Robert Aldrich |
Starring | Kim Novak Peter Finch Ernest Borgnine |
Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
Edited by | Michael Luciano Frank Urioste |
Music by | Frank De Vol Song ("Lylah") words & music: Frank De Vol and Sibylle Siegfried |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3,490,000[1] |
Box office | 33,798 admissions (France)[2] |
A satire on Hollywood, full of references to similar films, it recounts how an untalented beginner is hired to play the legendary Lylah Clare, a tempestuous actress who died mysteriously 20 years ago, and is herself consumed by the system. Although Aldrich's previous 1960s efforts were praised by critics, Lylah Clare opened to negative reviews.