Le Démon des femmes (1968)
Elsa Brickmann est une jeune femme qui rêve de devenir actrice. Son idole : Lylah Clare, immense vedette de Hollywood disparue il y a plus de vingt ans dans des circonstances particulièrement troubles. De par sa ressemblance étrange avec la défunte, elle est repérée pour jouer le propre rôle de Lylah dans un film autobiographique dirigé par le réalisateur légendaire et ex-mari de Lylah : le tyrannique et impitoyable Louis Zarkan. Elsa découvre les dessous de l'industrie cinématographique hollywoodienne et la faune macabre qui la peuple (imprésario maladif, actrice lesbienne, producteur vulgaire, cinéaste égocentrique, chroniqueuse malfaisante...). De plus, la personnalité monstrueuse de Lylah Clare va très vite prendre le dessus sur le caractère fragile de la pauvre Elsa.
Directeur:
Robert Aldrich
écrivains:
Jean Rouverol, Hugo Butler.
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Kim Novak as Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell |
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Peter Finch as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack |
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Ernest Borgnine as Barney Sheean |
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Milton Selzer as Bart Langner |
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Rossella Falk as Rossella |
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Gabriele Tinti as Paolo |
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Valentina Cortese as Countess Bozo Bedoni |
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Jean Carroll as Becky Langner |
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Michael Murphy as Mark Peter Sheean |
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Coral Browne as Molly Luther |
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Lee Meriwether as Young Girl |
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Robert Ellenstein as Mike |
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Ellen Corby as Script Girl |
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George Kennedy as Matt Burke |
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Dick Miller as Reporter at Press Party |
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Al Bain as Crew Member |
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Tom Palmer as Press Party Guest |
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William Beckley as Zarkan |
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Jan Peters as Prop Man |
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Queenie Smith as Hairdresser |
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John Alvin as Accountant (uncredited) |
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Ernest Anderson as Hot Dog Man (uncredited) |
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Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Stagehand (uncredited) |
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Gene Chronopoulos as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Robert Cornthwaite as Studio Photo Archivist (uncredited) |
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Billy Curtis as Clown (uncredited) |
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Duke Fishman as Crew Member (uncredited) |
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Rex Holman as Young Man (uncredited) |
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John Indrisano as Studio Grip (uncredited) |
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Kenner G. Kemp as Brothel Patron in Film (uncredited) |
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James McEachin as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Hans Moebus as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Monty O'Grady as Press Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Joe Ploski as German Bartender in Film (uncredited) |
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Cosmo Sardo as Photographer (uncredited) |
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Bernard Sell as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Max Wagner as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Victoria Zinny as Reporter (uncredited) |
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James Lanphier as 1st Legman |
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Nick Dennis as Nick |
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Dave Willock as Cameraman |
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Peter Bravos as Butler |
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Michael Fox as Announcer |
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Hal Maguire as 2nd Legman |
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Vernon Scott as Vernon Scott |
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Sidney Skolsky as Sidney Skolsky |
| Directing | Robert Aldrich | Director |
| Editing | Michael Luciano | Editor |
| Writing | Jean Rouverol | Screenplay |
| Writing | Edward DeBlasio | Teleplay |
| Camera | Joseph F. Biroc | Director of Photography |
| Art | F. Keogh Gleason | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Robert Thom | Teleplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Art | William Glasgow | Art Direction |
| Production | Robert Aldrich | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Art | George W. Davis | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renié | Costume Design |
| Art | Henry Grace | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Hugo Butler | Screenplay |
| Camera | Kenny Bell | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Arthur Gerstle | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Frank De Vol | Original Music Composer |
