Although technically not a musical, this film stars Joan Crawford as a Broadway musical star, obviously dubbed (by India Adams). Showcasing Crawford at her tough, melodramatic best, in love with a blind World War II veteran who claims to have fallen for her at pre-blindness first sight as she sang "Tenderly" to the troops about to be shipped out. The fact that "Tenderly" was not written until after the war notwithstanding, its lilting melody wafts through the film along with Crawford's dancing and cussing (savor the way she spits out "Buster!"). Scenes to watch for: Crawford in dark make-up singing "Two-Faced Woman" and pulling off her wig to reveal that she is not Caribbean at all! Also interesting is a rare film appearance bu singer Rudy Render, who enjoyed a brief recording career in the early 1950s (inexplicably his "Follow Me" is also dubbed. Everything about this camp classic is over the top
Review of Torch Song
