Lana Turner was larger than life. A pin up girl whose beauty made her a legend on the screen and whose bad taste in men made her a legend in the gossip columns. Her choice of boyfriends/husbands ran from good guys who couldn't handle the fame to bad guys who couldn't control their temper. Her only child daughter Cheryl was sandwiched between mom's crazy film schedule and the latest "pretend father" at home. When one of these marriages turned really ugly Lana used her daughter to escape scandal. Lana was not going to win any mother of the year awards. Casey Sherman does the tightrope between pointing out her faults along with the tough road she walked under controlling studio heads, mobsters and just bad luck for a well balanced study of the underbelly of old Hollywood. She worked hard, played hard and proved that she was much more than just a pretty face when it came to business. Old movie buffs, Tinseltown aficionados and those of us who pretend we don't pay attention to the Hollywood historical scandals will devour this. 4 stars
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