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Description: An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.

Cast:
Homer: Donald Sutherland
Faye: Karen Black
Harry: Burgess Meredith
Tod: William Atherton
Big Sister: Geraldine Page
Claude Estee: Richard Dysart
Earle Shoop: Bo Hopkins
Miguel: Pepe Serna
Mary Dove: Lelia Goldoni
Abe: Billy Barty
Adore: Jackie Earle Haley
Mrs. Loomis: Gloria LeRoy
Mrs. Odlesh: Jane Hoffman
Mr. Odlesh: Norman Leavitt
Mrs. Johnson: Madge Kennedy
Lee Sister: Florence Lake
Gingo: John War Eagle
Audrey: Natalie Schafer
Alice Estee: Gloria Stroock
Joan: Nita Talbot
Projectionist: Nicholas Cortland
Butler: Alvin Childress
Guest: Alan Marston
Girl: Gyl Roland
Helverston: Paul Stewart
Ned Grote: John Hillerman
Director: William Castle
1st Asst. Director: Fred Scheiwiller
2nd Asst. Director: Wally Rose
French Lt.: Grainger Hines
Shoe Shine Boy: DeForest Covan
Major Domo: Michael Quinn
Apprentice: David Ladd
Tour Guide: Bob Holt
Nightclub Entertainer: Paul Jabara
Palsied Lady: Queenie Smith
Choral Director: Margaret Jenkins
Undertaker: Jonathan Kidd
Boy in Chapel: Kenny Solms
Theatre Manager: Wally K. Berns
Announcer at Premiere: Bill Baldwin
Dick Powell: Richard Powell
Mover: Don Ames
Autograph Hunter: Duke Fishman
Police Officer: Harry Hollins
Vivien Leigh: Morgan Brittany
Party Guest: Robert Buckingham
Actor: Robert Jon Carlson
Cowboy: Ted Christy
Fan: Brent Dunsford
Indian: Raven Grey Eagle
Church Helper: Bob Harks
Aging Bar Customer: Arlene Harris
Attendant: George Holmes
Ball Guest: Clark Ross
Doorman: Eugene Jackson
Church Member: June Smaney
Prince Karl: Bob Templeton
Looter: Vince Trankina

Written by: Nathanael West, Waldo Salt

Director: John Schlesinger

Production: Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions

Release date: 12 Jun 1975

Box Office: $17,793,000