miriam hopkins the lady red hair  biopic mrs leslie carter also stars claude rains david belasco richard ainley lou payne fine cast supporting players including laura hope crews victor jorybr br miriam hopkins claude rains give wonderful performances hopkins beautiful actress really makes us feel mrs carter rains great flamboyant egotistical producerwriteractorimpresario david belasco one great names theaterbr br though mrs carters second husband lou payne served adviser film poor representation real events mrs carters life true much publicized bitter divorce undoubtedly viewed scandalous character becoming actress however custody son dudley custody battle broke belasco go back and fact started working vaudeville actually made films toward end life indeed marry lou became leading man many productionsbr br the driving force mrs carter beginning film regaining custody son finally realizes time away him thoroughly bonded father film also and im sure true real life traveled mother lived theatrical boarding house gives film added interesting atmospherebr br not bad movie probably depiction greatness either carter belasco one mrs carters famous moments heart maryland wore wig sixfoot tresses offstage fans blew hair hung  feet stage clutching center bell keep ringing quite visual