Before watching Benings take on the silver-screen great, check out these seven essential Gloria Grahame films.
(It preceded the Oscar-winningA Gentlemans Agreement, which explored similar subject matter, by three months.)
Bogart is at his most cynical and volatile, delivering what many consider his career-best performance.
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I was born when she kissed me.
I died when she left me.
Ray reflected much of his and Grahames own marital strife in the onscreen drama.
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The film was also intended as a purposeful indictment of the darker sides of Hollywood and celebrity.
Filmmaker Curtis Hanson cited it as a personal favorite and hugely influential on his own noir projectL.A.
Confidential(1997).
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The Greatest Show on Earth(1952)
Long before Hugh Jackman turned the story of P.T.
Grahame plays a supporting role as Angel, the elephant girl in the circus.
She replaced a pregnant Lucille Ball in the role and heavily trained to do her own stunts.
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And for Grahame, it was a demonstration of how far she was willing to go for her craft.
Being glamorous in movie roles all the time is not only artificial but horribly monotonous …
So far, no one has offered me the role of the Hunchback of the Notre Dame.
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Believe me, Im the girl who would play it.
Film Stars Dont Die in Liverpoolhits theaters Dec. 29.
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