This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera he couldn't get in front of, who is holding a story conference to determine the screen treatment for the life of Eva Tanguay, and Jessel is unhappy with what the writers present him.He tells them to look up Eddie McCoy, Eva's one-time partner, for the real inside story on the lusty and vital Eva. Eddie's version is that he discovered her working as a waitress in an Indianapolis restaurant in 1912, wherein singer Larry Woods and his partner Charles Bennett get into a fight over her and both land in the hospital, and McCoy convinces the manager to put Eva on as a single to fill their spot. She flopped, but McCoy arranges for Bennett to be her accompanist, and she went out of his life. The writers look up Bennett, now head of a music publishing company, who says McCoy's story is phony, and it was Flo Zigfeld who discovered Eva for his Follies.
Credits
The I Don't Care Girl Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Mitzi Gaynor
She was 21, now 93 years old
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as Eva Tanguay |
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David Wayne
He was 38, 81 years old when he died
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as Ed McCoy |
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Warren Stevens
He was 33, 92 years old when he died
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as Lawrence |
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Oscar Levant
He was 46, 65 years old when he died
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as Charles Bennett |
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Hazel Brooks
She was 28, 78 years old when she died
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as Stella Forrest |
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Craig Hill
He was 26, 88 years old when he died
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as Keene |
The I Don't Care Girl Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Louis R. Loeffler as Editor. He was 55 (75) years old when He died
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Editing |
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Thomas Little as Set Decoration. He was 66 (98) years old when He died
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Art |
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Ben Nye as Makeup Artist. He was 46 (79) years old when He died
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Costume & Make-Up |
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Renié as Costume Design. She was 51 (90) years old when She died
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Costume & Make-Up |
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Arthur E. Arling as Director of Photography. He was 46 (85) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Walter Bullock as Writer. He was 45 (46) years old when He died
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Writing |
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George Jessel as Producer. He was 54 (83) years old when He died
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Production |
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Raymond Boltz, Jr. as Set Decoration. He was 40 (72) years old when He died
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Art |
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Richard Irvine as Art Direction. He was 42 (65) years old when He died
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Art |
