Love Me or Leave Me

An Oscar-winning script and an Oscar-nominated score drive this biopic of Prohibition-era singer Ruth Etting (Doris Day), with James Cagney stealing the show (and a Best Actor nomination) as a gangster who becomes her possessive mentor., Compelling musical biopic of famed ’20s torch singer Ruth Etting, played by Doris Day, with Oscar-nominee James Cagney as the lame gangster who fell for her and, Svengali-like, masterminded her career., Doris Day gives one of her finest performances as famed Twenties torch singer Ruth Etting in this powerful and compelling drama also starring James Cagney as limping racketeering laundryman Martin ‘The Gimp’ Snyder. The two meet in a Chicago club and, Svengali-like, he advances her career. But, when Snyder’s influence diminishes in New York and Ruth marries him out of pity, his behaviour drives her to drink., Doris Day gave Mgm one of her finest performances as famed Twenties torch singer Ruth Etting in this powerful and compelling drama that also stars James Cagney as limping racketeering laundryman Martin ‘The Gimp’ Snyder. The two meet in a Chicago club and, Svengali-like, he advances her career. But when Snyder’s influence diminishes in New York and Ruth marries him out of pity, his behaviour drives her to drink. With the marriage falling apart, Snyder has her followed and murders her new man., Doris Day stars in the true story of torch singer Ruth Etting and her attempts to escape the gangster (James Cagney) who made her a star in Love Me Or Leave Me. With Chinese Subtitles., This film tells the true story of 1930s torch-singer Ruth Etting, here played by Doris Day. While working in a dime-a-dance joint, Ruth is discovered by Chicago racketeer Martin “The Gimp” Snyder. The smitten Snyder exerts pressure on his show-biz connections, and before long Ruth is a star., James Cagney and Doris Day star in this biopic of singer Ruth Etting, whose struggle for fame and fortune was clouded by her obsessive love for the ruthless gangster who propelled her career., James Cagney and Doris Day star in this biopic of singer Ruth Etting, whose struggle for fame and fortune was hampered by a gangster’s obsessive love., Story of singer Ruth Etting’s rise from 1920s taxi dancer to movie star simultaneously aided and frustrated by Chicago mobster Marty Sydney’s headstrong ways and pressure tactics., Doris Day gave MGM one of her finest performances as famed 1920s torch singer Ruth Etting in this powerful and compelling drama that also stars James Cagney as racketeering laundryman Martin ‘The Gimp’ Snyder. The two meet in a Chicago club and, Svengali-like, he advances her career. But when Snyder’s influence diminishes in New York and Ruth marries him out of pity, his behaviour drives her to drink, leading to the destruction of their marriage… and to murder. Directed by Charles VIdor.