Rating: NR
Genre:
Musical
Release Date: 06/17/2008
SubTitles: English/Espanol/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2/DD1
Run Time: 80 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Doll Face is one of two attempts by
20th Century Fox to make a movie star out of crooner
Perry Como (the other was
If I'm Lucky). Actually,
Como is but a cog in the wheel of the main plot, which involves
Doll Face (
Vivian Blaine), a stripteaser with artistic pretensions. On the advice of her manager/boyfriend,
Mike Hannegan (
Dennis O'Keefe),
Doll Face undergoes a "refinement" process. The next step for the girl is to write an intellectual autobiography, for which ghostwriter
Gerard (
Michael Dunne) is engaged. Forget the plot, and concentrate on the production numbers performed with gusto by
Blaine,
Como, and
Carmen Miranda.
Doll Face is based on
The Naked Genius, a play by
Louise Hovick -- better known as striptease artist
Gypsy Rose Lee.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide