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Poor
Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
based
on the book by C. David Heymann; screenplay by Dennis
Turner
A Lester Persky production, in association with ITC
Productions, Inc.
First broadcast in 1987.
Director: Charles Jarrott
Producer: Nick Gillott
Associate Producer: Tomlinson Dean
Executive Producer: Lester Persky
Cinematography: Alan Hume and John Lindley
Production Designers: Eileen Diss and Bryan Ryman
Costume Designer: Jane Robinson
Original Music: Richard Rodney Bennett
Running time: approx. 282 mins
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Cast
(main
characters, in
alphabetical order) |
David Ackroyd.....Graham
Mattison
Clive Arrindell.....Prince Troubetzkoy
Stéphane Audran.....Pauline de la Rochelle
Amadeus August.....Haugwitz-Reventlow
Brenda Blethyn.....Tiki
Nicholas Clay.....Prince Alexis Mdivani
Bruce Davison.....Jimmy Donahue
Carmen du Sautoy.....Roussie
Farrah Fawcett.....Barbara Hutton
Anne Francis.....Marjorie Post
Toria Fuller.....Edna Hutton
Sascha Hehn.....Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Burl Ives.....F. W. Woolworth
Miriam Margolyes.....Elsa Maxwell
Kevin McCarthy.....Franklyn Hutton
Tony Peck.....James Douglas III
James Read.....Cary Grant
Liza Ross.....Aunt Grace
Zoe Wanamaker.....Jean |
Production |
| Filmed across three
continents, Poor Little Rich Girl is a lavishly-produced
dramatisation of the life of Woolworth heiress Barbara
Hutton. Born into one of the wealthiest families in
America, Hutton has an incredibly privileged upbringing.
Yet not even a billion-dollar fortune can buy her happiness, and
as the socialite struggles through a serious of disastrous
marriages, her extravagant lifestyle shocks the Depression-hit
public. Despite being befriended by several well-meaning
individuals - including Jean (played by Zoe), who grows
increasingly disillusioned by the heiress's behaviour - Hutton
tragically continues down the path toward self-destruction,
dying alone and virtually penniless. |
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