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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)

Rate: 6
Viewed: 7/23

Liverpool
7/23: Based on Peter Turner's book about his relationship with Gloria Grahame, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool consistently fails to answer the ultimate question: what the heck happened?

Otherwise, it's a lightweight Harold and Maude type of picture. While the romance per se isn't interesting, the filmmakers drop the ball big time by not going further back to the beginning to examine what led to Gloria Grahame's downfall.

Yes, Gloria Grahame was pretty during her time and had the looks to rival Lana Turner. Oddly, she was never satisfied with her thin upper lip, opting for many plastic surgeries which eventually rendered it paralyzed. She was prominent in a handful of films noirs, being well known for In a Lonely Place and having won an Oscar for The Bad and the Beautiful. Since the mid 50's, she fell off the map when she was found to be difficult to work with on the set of Oklahoma! Gloria Grahame's image was permanently destroyed when she married Tony Ray, her second husband Nicolas' son.

All in all, if Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool won't answer the big question, there's no reason to see it.