Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999)

August. 24,1999

6.9

| Documentary

Linda Darnell had the looks and talent to be a great Hollywood leading lady, but never quite delivered on her potential. This is the story of her rather sad life and tragically early death.

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Cast

Peter Graves as Narrator

[2009] What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar [2001] These Old Broads [1996] Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown [1988] Mission: Impossible [1983] The Winds of War [1982] Airplane II: The Sequel

Linda Darnell as Self (Archive Footage)

[1965] Black Spurs [1957] Zero Hour! [1956] Dakota Incident [1954] This Is My Love [1953] Second Chance [1952] Blackbeard, the Pirate

Richard Widmark as

[2002] The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller [1992] Lincoln [1991] True Colors [1988] Once Upon a Texas Train [1985] Blackout [1984] Against All Odds

Reviews

Stometer

1999/08/24

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Taraparain

1999/08/25

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Abbigail Bush

1999/08/26

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Kirandeep Yoder

1999/08/27

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.