"What goes on when the greasepaint comes off?" 18 June 1952 Drama, Comedy 82 mins
Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigger star than he is; the second is about a literary agent whose newest client--a nine-year-old boy--is the author of a borderline pornographic book.
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Edward G. Robinson as Maurice Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)
Eddie Albert as Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)
Marsha Hunt as Marcia Tillayou (segment Actor's Blood)
Alan Reed as Jerome "JB" Cobb (segment Woman of Sin)
Dan O'Herlihy as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
Tracey Roberts as Miss Flanagan (segment Woman of Sin)
Jenny Hecht as Millicent Egelhofer / Daisy Marcher (segment Woman of Sin)
Alan Reed as J.B Cobb
John Crawford as Movie Hero
Peter Brocco as Mr. Herbert
Paul Guilfoyle as Mr. Blue
Jody Gilbert as Mrs. Egelhofer
George Keymas as Producer
Betty Field as Betty Field (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
Louis B. Mayer as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
Ben Hecht as Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)
Ben Hecht Director
Jack Gleason Editor
Sid Kuller Executive Producer
Howard Bristol Set Decoration
Ben Hersh Production Supervisor
Robert H. Justman Producer's Assistant
Victor B. Appel Sound
Gustaf Norin Makeup Artist
Richard McWhorter Assistant Director
Mac Dalgleish Sound
Vic Jones Gaffer
Ben Hecht Producer
Ernst Fegté Production Design
Ben Hecht Writer
Lee Garmes Co-Director
George Antheil Original Music Composer
Actor's and Sin Trailer
United States 18 June 1952
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