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Love Me or Leave Me

1955 · 122 min

A lush, bittersweet backstage drama where glamorous musical numbers collide with a controlling, dangerous romance, leaving a lingering sense of ambivalence.

Tagline
You'll Love it!...The Big Lavish Musical of the Roaring Twenties!
Overview
A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • obsession
  • power
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
music, drama, romance
Directed by
Charles Vidor
Written by
Isobel Lennart, Daniel Fuchs
Starring
Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith, Tom Tully, Harry Bellaver, Richard Gaines, Peter Leeds
Cinematography
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Runtime
122 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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