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January 28, 1983. 4 min read. Graeme Clifford’s “Frances” tells the story of a small-town girl who tasted the glory of Hollywood and the exhilaration of Broadway and then went on to lead a life during which everything went wrong. It is a tragedy without a villain, a sad story with no moral except that there, but for the grace of God, go we.
It contains too many show-down scenes, too much raw material that hasn't been refined, and more brutality than either the movie or the audience can make dramatic sense of. Yet it also contains a magnificent performance by Jessica Lange in the title role. Here is a performance so unfaltering, so tough, so intelligent and so humane that it seems ...
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- Graeme Clifford
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Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 6, 2016. Dave Kehr Chicago Reader. TOP CRITIC. Jessica Lange brings so much energy and personal involvement to her portrayal of Frances Farmer that you can ...
Frances: Directed by Graeme Clifford. With Jonathan Banks, Bonnie Bartlett, James Brodhead, Bart Burns. The story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Graeme Clifford
- 1983-03-11
Frances Ha. R Released May 17, 2013 1h 25m Comedy CTA List. 92% Tomatometer 193 Reviews 78% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings. Frances (Greta Gerwig) goes from apartment to apartment in Brooklyn as she ...
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- Noah Baumbach
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- Greta Gerwig
Sep 10, 2012 · The sad life of '30s and '40s actress Frances Farmer is surely the stuff of melodrama: the story of an intelligent, uncompromising young actress with strong rad
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In the intervening years Frances pays a debilitating toll for attempting to assert her independence. Battling heartbreak and alcohol she is committed to an asylum, partly because her mother believes that anyone who turns their back on Hollywood must be crazy! Jessica Lange lost out to Meryl Streep’s performance in Sophie’s Choice for the ...
