this be the 1954 movie and not the latter one with debra winger in it . it rare to see this film although it show on fox movie channel once in a while . direct by nunnally johnson who also adapt it from a story by hugh wheeler and it tell the tale of a young girl and excellently play by the famous child star and peggy ann garner and all grow up and who attempt to make it big in nyc . along the way we meet many character who she use to get where she want to go . among them be ginger rogers and in an overacted yet delightful performance a a famous actress who demand to be the center of attention while van heflin a an underplayed playwright and become one of the victim while gene tierney and waste in a thankless role a the support wife to van and go around look pretty but nothing much else give to her to do while reginald gardner and a distinguish veteran in film and play hen peck hubby to ginger while george raft and in his usual dead pan performance a the detective investigate the case ( he must have take class under buster keaton tutelage ) while another veteran character actor and otto kruger make an impressive appearance a do cathleen nesbitt and the distinguish english actress i have have the pleasure to have work with and in a surprisingly small and thankless role a an american housekeeper while virginia leith and young 20th fox starlet a garner roommate and another child actor grow up and skip homeier ( remember him in tomorrow the world . ) a garner boy friend . put all the star together and you have a strong cast of player . add technicolor and cinemascope and you have good entertainment of it time .