The French Line
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"Jane Russell in The French Line (1953) was thought to have been going too far for American audiences and the Legion of Decency by showing her midriff." --Sholem Stein |
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The French Line is a 1954 musical film made by RKO, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by Edmund Grainger, with Howard Hughes as executive producer. The screenplay was by Mary Loos and Richard Sale, based on a story by Matty Kemp and Isabel Dawn. It was filmed in three strip technicolor and Dual strip polarized 3-D during what many consider 3-D films "golden era" of 1952-1954.
The film stars Jane Russell and Gilbert Roland and features an uncredited Kim Novak in her first film appearance.
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