I have always heard about this movie but had noo idea. The technigue felt so contemporary. Mamoumilian had a firm had from the start, Early talkies are usually very static. Not this time. The ending is a shocker and could have been depressing without a screemwriter who understood human beings. The only Helen Morgan perfirmancen I had see was her 1936 Julie LaVerme. She was a perfor,er way ahead of her time. A knockout.
Review of Applause
