Smash Up, the Story of a Woman

SmashUp, the Story of a Woman 1947, also called A Woman Destroyed, is a drama film with elements of Film Noir, which tells the story of a rising nightclub.singer who marries another singer, whose career takes off, then falls into alcoholism after giving up her career for him. The film stars Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman, and Eddie Albert, and was written by Frank Cavett, John Howard Lawson, Dorothy Parker, and Lionel Wiggam, and was directed by Stuart Heisler. Ethel Wales appears in an uncredited part.

In a hospital, Angie Evans Susan Hayward, her face bandaged, recounts the events that brought her here.A nightclub singer, Angie becomes involved with another singer, Ken Conway Lee Bowman, whose career has yet to take off. Her agent Mike Dawson Charles D. Brown helps get Ken and piano accompanist Steve Anderson Eddie Albert a spot on a radio show singing cowboy songs. Ken sings a ballad on the day Angie, now his wife, gives birth to their daughter. The attention he gets leads to a new career opportunity. ........

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