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It's Lonely at the Top, Mostly Because You're a Drunk: The Biopics of 1957

It's Lonely at the Top, Mostly Because You're a Drunk: The Biopics of 1957

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Jan 18, 2019
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The Siren challenges you to find a photo of Jeanne Eagels wearing anything like this.

Gather round, patient readers, and listen to how and why, by the authority she’s invested in herself, the Siren has declared 1957 to be Peak Hollywood Biopic. It all begins with Kim Novak’s turn in the title role of Jeanne Eagels, the 1957 George Sidney-helmed movie abo…

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