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Actors: Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Torch Singer |
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Sally Trent is an unwed mother who cannot afford to care for her young daughter. She puts the child up for adoption, and eventually finds fame as a "torch singer," or a nightclub singer who laments about love and loss. Climbing the ladder to success, she becomes cynical and bitter, drinking heavily and taking numerous lovers.
She eventually becomes a host/singer of, ironically, a children's radio program as "Aunt Jenny," and eventually tries to find her daughter through her broadcasts. Abandoning her wild lifestyle, she devotes her time to finding her now school-age child.
--Sara Embrey, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Torch Singer |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- boatload of casual sex without love
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- search for family/history
Druggie/Wino problems?
- alcohol
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
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