As a highly colored biopic, it's is an enjoyable mix of Day putting her stamp on Etting's best known songs and the contrasting acting styles of Day and Cagney.
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:4
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Musical biography about singer Ruth Etting. Film focuses on Etting's troubled relationship with husband Martin Snyder, a low-class hood responsible for Etting's rags-to-riches stardom. Snyder... Musical biography about singer Ruth Etting. Film focuses on Etting's troubled relationship with husband Martin Snyder, a low-class hood responsible for Etting's rags-to-riches stardom. Snyder controlled Etting's career and personal life to such a degree that Etting eventually developed an alcohol problem... [More]
Starring: James Cagney, Doris Day, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith
Starring: James Cagney, Doris Day, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith, Tom Tully, Harry Bellaver, Richard Gaines, Peter Leeds
Director: Charles Vidor
Director: Charles Vidor
Producer: Joe Pasternak
Screenwriter: Isobel Lennart, Daniel Fuchs
Composer: Percy Faith
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Reviews for Love Me or Leave Me
Doris was called on to act dramatically and not just sing and be the girl-next-door.
Truthfully told musical saga of '20s singer Ruth Etting with fine turn by Doris Day; Cagney eats up scenery.
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