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An aging actress refuses to admit she is too old to play the ingénue role anymore.
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Beatrice Page
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Stanley Krown
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E. Harry Phillips
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Eddie Woods
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Willie Wolfe
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Older Actress at Bar
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George Courtland
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Playwright
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Scenic Designer
Russell Gaige ...
Theatrical Producer
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Patty (as Marian Ross)
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Richard Shannon - Stage Manager
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Clara Mootz aka Sally Carver
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brandon Beach ...
Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
Paul Bradley ...
Actor in Play (uncredited)
James Carlisle ...
Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Oliver Cross ...
Club Patron (uncredited)
Henry Dar Boggia ...
Felix (uncredited)
Michael Darrin ...
Jack (uncredited)
Dulce Day ...
Drucille King (uncredited)
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First Nighter / Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Airline Clerk (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson ...
Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Young Hopeful (uncredited)
Robert Haines ...
Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Olga O'Brien (uncredited)
Rand Harper ...
Young Hopeful (uncredited)
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Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
Shep Houghton ...
Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava ...
Waiter (uncredited)
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Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Bill Forrest (uncredited)
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Bill (uncredited)
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Young Hopeful (uncredited)
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Photographer (uncredited)
Thomas Martin ...
Bartender at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Actor in Play (uncredited)
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Diner at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Actor at Runthrough (uncredited)
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Emma - Beatrice's Maid (uncredited)
Alfred Paix ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Hyacinthe Railla ...
Waiter (uncredited)
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Leading Man (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Victor Romito ...
Maitre d' (uncredited)
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Waiter at Sardi's (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)
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Tommy's Mother (uncredited)
Vince Townsend Jr. ...
Doorman (uncredited)
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Katherine (uncredited)

Directed by

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Irving Rapper

Written by

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Julius J. Epstein ... (written by) and
Philip G. Epstein ... (written by)
 
J.M. Barrie ... (play "Rosalind")

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Pat Duggan ... producer

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Victor Young

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Harry Stradling Sr. ... director of photography (as Harry Stradling)

Editing by

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Archie Marshek

Editorial Department

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Doane Harrison ... editorial advisor
Noel L. Scott ... assistant editor (uncredited)

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Henry Rackin

Art Direction by

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J. McMillan Johnson ... (as Joseph MacMillan Johnson)
Hal Pereira

Set Decoration by

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Sam Comer
Ross Dowd

Costume Design by

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Edith Head

Makeup Department

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Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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John R. Coonan ... assistant director (as John Coonan)
James A. Rosenberger ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Dorothea Holt ... illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department

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John Cope ... sound recordist
Harry Lindgren ... sound recordist

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
Gordon Jennings ... special photographic effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Sidney Cutner ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Van Cleave ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Lupe Hall ... script supervisor (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Playwright Stanley Krown has a terrific new play. It's got a great part for reigning Broadway star Beatrice Page, and a young actress named Sally Carver will do just about anything to get the ingénue lead. The problem is that Beatrice doesn't want the great role written for her. She wants the ingénue role, something she could have played wonderfully -- when she was twenty years younger. Written by Jim Beaver

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Taglines That "Moon Is Blue" boy -- is in the middle Again! See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'éternel féminin (France)
  • Por siempre mujer (Spain)
  • Ej blot til lyst (Denmark)
  • 女性よ永遠に (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Die pikanten Jahre einer Frau (Austria)
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  • 93 min
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Trivia Sir James M. Barrie's original play, which is a short piece of less than an hour in length, dates from 1912 and is set in a small rural boarding-house "far from London", where a famous actress has elaborately disguised herself as a dowdy middle-aged type in order to escape from adoring admirers and her frantic celebrity lifestyle in the metropolis. As this indicates, this movie adaptation is a very free one. See more »
Goofs Crux of plot hinges on efforts of a Broadway producer and playwright to find ideal actresses to star in a play about a troubled mother/daughter relationship. Yet when the pair attends a summer stock production of the play, large poster outside theatre only includes photos of actress playing daughter and two male co-stars - completely ignoring actress who plays crucial mother role that's been talked about throughout entire film. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in William Holden (2015). See more »
Crazy Credits In the end credits, Pat Crowley is billed as "A future Paramount star". See more »
Quotes Clara Mootz aka Sally Carver: How many drinks have you had, Mr. Phillips?
E. Harry Phillips: Innumerable. And the fact that I can still say "innumerable" suggests that that's nowhere near enough!
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