This is the story of Frances Farmer, whose troubled life made headlines in the 1930s. At 16, she was an award-winning high-school student in Seattle and at 23, a rising, provocative star of stage and screen, admired for her beauty and talent. At 27, a chain of relatively insignificant events led to her arrest and involuntary committal to a mental institution. Jessica Lange delivers a powerful, harrowing performance as the tormented Frances.
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ACMI Identifier
306153
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental illness
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)