The Legend of Lylah Clare

Elsa (Kim Novak) hears, from "dialogue coach" Rossella (Rossella Falk), her version of the death of the star, Zarkan (Peter Finch) and Langner (Milton Selzer) standing by, in The Legend Of Lylah Clare, 1968.

All Hollywood turned out, director Zarcon (Peter Finch) unveils Elsa (Kim Novak), the dead-ringer for his dead wife, columnist Molly Luther (Coral Browne) commenting, in Robert Aldrich's The Legend Of Lylah Clare, 1968

Before the credits, man-Friday Langner (Milton Selzer) and sister Becky (Jean Carroll) briefing ingenue Elsa (Kim Novak) on the dead star she'll be playing, in Robert Aldrich's The Legend Of Lylah Clare, 1968.

First scene for Ernest Borgnine as studio boss Sheean, Michael Murphy his son, Zarkan (Peter Finch) calling to pitch his film about his deceased actress wife, his star Elsa (Kim Novak) and staff (Milton Selzer, Rossella Falk) listening in, in Robert Aldrich's The Legend Of Lylah Clare, 1968.

An obsessed movie director grooms an unknown actress to play his deceased movie-star wife in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968), directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Kim Novak, Peter Finch and Ernest Borgnine.