Stage Struck

Drama / romantický, USA, 1958, 95 min.



Ten thousand girls dream her dream every night.
Gertrude Langerfelder, hoping to make it big as an actress in New York, renames herself Eva Lovelace and visits every theater agent and producer on Broadway. At producer Lewis Easton's office, Eva waits patiently while Lewis meets with young writer Joseph Sheridan, who is adapting Lewis' latest play. Recognizing actor Robert Harley Hedges sitting near her, Eva charms him with her naďve ambition and confidence, and he later introduces her to Joe and Lewis. Although Lewis, who sees hundreds of aspiring actors each day, tries to discourage Eva, her brash self-assurance attracts Joe, who inadvertently insults her by suggesting that she try out for chorus work. Joe is distracted by the arrival of stage star Rita Vernon, who has been offered a part in the new play but would prefer the lead role in the play Joe has just begun, pages of which Lewis has shown her in secret. Rita tells Lewis that although the role in the current play is too small, she will accept it in return for a chance at Joe's next play, and Lewis, who is Rita's lover, agrees to her demands. Meanwhile, Harley encourages Eva to try out for the Actors Studio, and is captivated by her passionate response that she has "something special" to give to the stage. After thanking him warmly, Eva shocks Harley by bursting into Lewis' office to say goodbye in person. Joe follows Eva out and invites her to audition for a small role as a peasant waitress, while inside the office Rita and Lewis negotiate the terms of her contract in between kisses. At the audition, Eva tries too hard to glamorize the role and is dismissed by the director, Constantine. Months later on the opening night of the play, Joe paces nervously outside the theater, and is pleased to see Eva there. She gladly accepts Joe's proposal to watch the play together, and delights Joe with her excitement at being backstage. Later, when he reads the rave newspaper reviews of the play, he insists that she accompany him to a party at Lewis' house. There, Eva, overwhelmed by the glamorous crowd, drinks too much champagne and begins to recite lines of Shakespeare. When she climbs the stairs to perform the balcony scene from
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Režie: Sidney Lumet
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