miriam hopkins be the lady with red hair in this 1940 biopic of mrs. leslie carter which also star claude rain a david belasco and richard ainley a lou payne and and a fine cast of support player and include laura hope crew and victor jory . miriam hopkins and claude rain give wonderful performance . hopkins be a beautiful actress who really make u feel for mrs. carter . rain be great a the flamboyant and egotistical producer or writer or actor or impresario david belasco and one of the great name in theater . though mrs. carter second husband and lou payne and serve a adviser on this film and it a poor representation of the real event of mrs. carter life . true and there be a much publicized and bitter divorce and and she be undoubtedly view a a scandalous character for that and for become an actress . however and she have custody of her son dudley and so there be no custody battle . once she break with belasco and she do not go back to him and and in fact and start work in vaudeville and actually make some film toward the end of her life . she do indeed marry lou and and he become her lead man in many production . the drive force for mrs. carter in the beginning of this film be regain custody of her son and but she finally realize that in her time away from him and he be thoroughly bond with his father . in the film also ( and i be not sure if it be true in real life ) she travel with her mother and live in a theatrical boarding house and which give the film some add interesting atmosphere . not a bad movie and probably not a depiction of the greatness of either carter or belasco . one of mrs. carter most famous moment be in the heart of maryland and where she wear a wig with six foot tress . off stage and fan blow her hair a she hang 35 foot above the stage clutch the center of a bell to keep it from ring . quite a visual .