Torch Song - Original Trailer 1953

Joan Crawford's first Technicolor feature has come to be known as a textbook example of "high camp." Crawford stars as musical comedy luminary Jenny Stewart, who has been hardened by the worst life has to offer. Romance enters her life in the form of her new piano accompanist, blinded war-veteran Tye Graham (Michael Wilding). The fact that Graham refuses to kowtow to the temperamental Jenny's demands, coupled with the adversarial behavior of Graham's seeing-eye dog, makes the pianist all the more attractive to the lonely songstress. Torch Song is a favorite of bad-movie buffs and female impersonators the world over: Highlights include Crawford's blackface musical number, and the now-classic scene in which she simulates blindness to better understand the taciturn Graham. Director Charles Walters, a former choreographer, appears as Crawford's two-left-feet dancing partner in the opening scenes. Joan Crawford - Jenny Stewart Michael Wilding, Sr. - Tye Graham Gig Young - Cliff Willard Marjorie Rambeau - Mrs. Stewart Henry Morgan - Joe Denner Dorothy Patrick - Martha James Todd - Philip Norton Eugene Loring - Gene the Dance Director Paul Guilfoyle - Monty Rolfe Benny Rubin - Charlie Maylor Peter Chong - Peter Maide Norman - Anne Chris Warfield - Chuck Peters Rudy Render - Party Singer Adolph Deutsch - Conductor Nancy Gates - Celia Stewart Mimi Gibson - Susie Peggy King - Cora Mitchell Lewis - Bill the Doorman John Rosser - Chauffeur Reginald Simpson - Cab Driver Charles Walters - Ralph Ellis