Jane Powell had sad adieu to MGM and her perpetually cheery self in those musicals she made there. In The Female Animal she plays quite the little sex
kitten.
Jane is Hedy Lamarr's daughter and she's playing a movie star just like Hedy Lamarr. Her life gets saved on the set by hunky extra George Nader. Quite by accident he meets Powell, saving her from a drunk masher and soon he's involved with both. And these two have lots of itches that need scratching.
Powell did a great job as a vixen, but apparently the movie going public wasn't ready to accept her. Lamarr was good at playing the older film star feeling her age.
Best in the film is Jan Sterling playing a cheerfully hedonistic film star who has a string of Naders available. Never leave home without one.
The Female Animal was code restricted. Might have been better done ten years later without the Code.
Jane is Hedy Lamarr's daughter and she's playing a movie star just like Hedy Lamarr. Her life gets saved on the set by hunky extra George Nader. Quite by accident he meets Powell, saving her from a drunk masher and soon he's involved with both. And these two have lots of itches that need scratching.
Powell did a great job as a vixen, but apparently the movie going public wasn't ready to accept her. Lamarr was good at playing the older film star feeling her age.
Best in the film is Jan Sterling playing a cheerfully hedonistic film star who has a string of Naders available. Never leave home without one.
The Female Animal was code restricted. Might have been better done ten years later without the Code.