Doll Face

Doll Face is a 1945 American film directed by Lewis Seiler starring Vivian Blaine as Doll Face Carroll.

Doll Face Carroll is an entertainer looking to expand her reportoire. After a failed audition, where she is recognized as a burlesque performer from the Gayety Theatre, her manager and fianc Mike Hannegan suggest she writes an autobiography to project a more literate image and he hires Frederick Manly Gerard as a ghostwriter. Doll Face agrees on the condition she is allowed to dedicate the book to Mike with For the love of Mike.Another performer in the burlesque show, Chita Chula, remarks that if the book is a success and Doll Face leaves the show it will probably have to close down. Mike then decides to produce a Broadway show of his own with the financial aid of the performers themselves. Frederick offers to put up any money missing. Chita Chula portrayed by Carmen Miranda is sceptical she can pull it off, but Mike assures her shell probably wound up being another Carmen Miranda, something Chita Chula perceives as an insult. ........

Source: Wikipedia