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Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Movie (1998)

"Three different women married Frankie Lymon. Now as they fight to get a piece of his millions, They will have to prove who married him first and who loved him most."

In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never ...

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Released:	Aug 28th, 1998
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Why Do Fools Fall In Love Main Cast

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Halle Berry
plays Zola Taylor

Vivica A. Fox
plays Elizabeth 'Mickey' Waters

Lela Rochon
plays Emira Eagle

Larenz Tate
plays Frankie Lymon

Paul Mazursky
plays Morris Levy

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When Tina Andrews wrote the original script, the part of Frankie Lymon was first offered to Michael Jackson.
Toni Braxton was set for a role in the film, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Mickey is telling her story about how she met Frankie, she attended a concert in which Frankie was to perform. When Frankie is out on stage singing, the microphone switches positions from the middle of the stage on a black square, to the middle of the stage on a white square, and then to the front of the stage on a white square.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): Elizabeth Waters testified in court that she first met Frankie in 1961, but in the flashback to their first meeting, the music playing on the department store stereo is "Walk On The Wild Side", not released in 1962.

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