![]() ![]() ![]() She is distraught when she finds out that her musical number has been cut from the show. The young girl that Helen sees as her rival is Neely O'Hara ( Patty Duke), a talented up-and-coming singer. Helen sends Anne back to the office with the contracts in shreds, threatening to leave the agency if Anne's boss doesn't get rid of the competition. ![]() When Anne comments that a young woman singing down the hall is very good, Helen agrees, and immediately decides to have the girl fired from the show because the egotistical Helen fears being upstaged. Instead, Helen is tough talking, uses vulgar language, and Anne's idle chatter with Helen sparks a terrible reaction and she sees first hand the evil and selfish woman that Helen really is. Helen's agent warns Anne not to let her guard down around Helen, and Helen's abrasiveness shocks Anne, who was expecting Helen to be true to her glamorous image. The agency sends her to a local theater to deliver contracts to renowned performer Helen Lawson ( Susan Hayward). ![]() When she gets to the city, she takes a work assignment with a talent agency, and immediately she starts to discover the harsh realities of show business. She reveals how she started a journey toward success by leaving her small New England town for New York City. The film opens with a voice-over narration from Anne Welles ( Barbara Parkins). ![]()
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