Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

7.3
1996 1 hr 0 min Documentary

Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pixie charm led to rapid success on Broadway in musical comedy. Inevitably, Hollywood called and by 1955 Shirley was cast in Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry." It wasn't too long before the fine dramatic roles also came to her opposite the most popular leading men of the time, like Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Robert Mitchum.

  • Cast:
    Shirley MacLaine , Nicolas Cage , John Forsythe , Charlton Heston , Anthony Hopkins , Jack Lemmon , A.C. Lyles

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Reviews

ChanBot
1996/05/19

i must have seen a different film!!

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BelSports
1996/05/20

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Kaydan Christian
1996/05/21

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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Guillelmina
1996/05/22

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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