Our Mutual Friend (1921)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 2時間 19分
演出 : A.W. Sandberg
シノプシス
Nordisk version of Charles Dickens' OUR MUTUAL FRIEND.
巨匠ジョージ・キューカーが、1937年に映画化されたミュージカルをリメークして大ヒットしたジュディ・ガーランドとジェームズ・メイスン共演のミュージカル映画の傑作。映画スターに才能を見いだされた女性歌手が、ハリウッドで成功をおさめるまでを描く感動作。 コーラス・ガールのエスターが、ハリウッドの大スター、ノーマンに素質を見いだされた。ノーマンの口利きによって、エスターは次第にスターの階段を登っていく。そしてエスターは、ノーマンに対する深い愛情を覚える。だが、彼女がオスカーを手にするまでに至ったとき、ノーマンは落ちぶれて自殺をしてしまう……。
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