The Velvet Touch

In flashback, Broadway comedienne Valerie (Rosalind Russell) schmoozing the wrong guy (Harry Hayden), then meeting architect Morrell (Leo Genn), and bringing in partner Dunning (Leon Ames, whom she killed in the opening) and rival Marian (Claire Trevor), in The Velvet Touch, 1948.

Intense and expository opening, Broadway star Valerie (Rosalind Russell) with producer-partner Dunning (Leon Ames), in The Velvet Touch, 1948, produced by Russell's husband Frederick Brisson.

In the long flashback after she semi-accidentally killed him, Broadway actress Val (Rosalind Russell) receives her domineering producer and former lover Gordon (Leon Ames), then his other-ex, rival fellow actress Marian (Claire Trevor), seeking her help in cutting ties, in The Velvet Touch, 1948.