Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman

High melodrama from producer Walter Wanger, his academy award-nominated star Susan Hayward in critical condition at the opening, recalling her way to a song by Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson, from Smash Up -- The Story Of A Woman, 1947.

Agent Mike (Charles D. Brown) drops in on neurotic and suddenly retired night club singer Angie (Susan Hayward), who's happy to quit now that songwriter boyfriend Ken (Lee Bowman) is home from a failed gig, Eddie Albert his partner, early in Smash Up -- The Story Of A Woman, 1947.

The specter of Marsha Hunt as executive assistant Martha grows, as agent Fred (Carleton Young) pushes up-and-coming composer Ken (Lee Bowman) and partner Steve (Eddie Albert) to get his ex-singer wife Angie (Susan Hayward) out in public, in Smash Up -- The Story Of A Woman, 1947.