Live Fast, Die
Young
Director: Paul Henreid
1958
| Bette Davis's old cigarette buddy, Paul Henreid, embarked on an alternate career as a film director in the 1950s. Unfortunately, none of the films he shaped in that capacity won Oscars or turned up on any recent American Film Institute lists, but some of the films are at least distinguished for their promising titles, notably Girls on the Loose and Live Fast Die Young (both 1958). Mr. Henreid, it should be noted, also directed Ralph Meeker in 1956's A Woman's Devotion and Bette Davis herself in 1964's Dead Ringer. As for Miss Provine, she co-starred in The Alaskans (1959-1960) and The Roaring Twenties (1960-1962), both for TV, and returned to the big screen for 1963's Wall of Noise, co-starring with Suzanne Pleshette, Ty Hardin and Ralph Meeker. Although Miss Provine generally played wholesome good girls, the still above indicates she could have spent the 1960s playing the characters that had been more or less abandoned by Gloria Grahame. |