Rich Girl (film)
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Rich Girl is a 1991 film that starred Jill Schoelen
as 21-year-old Courtney, a wealthy girl from Bel-Air, California who wants to make it own her own. She finally settles for being a waitress at a nightclub called Rocco's, where she meets and falls for a singer from Skid Row Don Michael Paul
.
The cast also includes Cherie Currie
as a coke-snorting female singer, Sean Kanan
as Courtney's ex-fiance, and the late Paul Gleason
as Courtney's rich father.
Film hardly set the world on fire when released in theatres in May of 1991, suffering from bad marketing campaign and, as a result, "suffered some of the lowest grosses for a film released in a thousand theatres."
Reviews were scarce and largely negative. Film critic Rita Kempley wrote "Schoelen, who has the personality of coral, and Paul, who makes musical inspiration look more like hepatitis, make boredom seem a reasonable alternative."
Jill Schoelen
-Early life:Schoelen was born in Burbank, California. Her mother is the famous fashion designer Dorothy Schoelen.-Acting career:Schoelen has starred in such movies as D.C...
as 21-year-old Courtney, a wealthy girl from Bel-Air, California who wants to make it own her own. She finally settles for being a waitress at a nightclub called Rocco's, where she meets and falls for a singer from Skid Row Don Michael Paul
Don Michael Paul
Don Michael Paul, is an actor, director, writer and producer.He starred in the movie Heart of Dixie and "Rich Girl " with Jill Schoelen. He wrote the screenplay for Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. He was one of three brothers in the short-lived 1992 CBS detective series The Hat Squad...
.
The cast also includes Cherie Currie
Cherie Currie
Cherie Currie is an American singer, actress and chainsaw artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of The Runaways, a hard rock band from Los Angeles in the mid-to-late 1970s.-Life and career:...
as a coke-snorting female singer, Sean Kanan
Sean Kanan
-Early life:He was born Sean Perelman in Cleveland, Ohio and was raised in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He attended Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, Boston University and UCLA where he earned a degree in political science....
as Courtney's ex-fiance, and the late Paul Gleason
Paul Gleason
Paul Xavier Gleason was an American film and television actor, known for his roles on TV series such as All My Children and films such as The Breakfast Club, Trading Places and Die Hard.-Early life:...
as Courtney's rich father.
Film hardly set the world on fire when released in theatres in May of 1991, suffering from bad marketing campaign and, as a result, "suffered some of the lowest grosses for a film released in a thousand theatres."
Reviews were scarce and largely negative. Film critic Rita Kempley wrote "Schoelen, who has the personality of coral, and Paul, who makes musical inspiration look more like hepatitis, make boredom seem a reasonable alternative."