I was just thinking about Liza's film career the other day and what a shame it is that it didn't turn into something bigger. After Cabaret she made the right moves on paper - Lucky Lady was written by the guy who did American Graffiti, it was directed by Stanley Donen, it had two big name co-stars in it. New York, New York was directed by Scorsese, co-starred De Niro, had another soundtrack written by Kander and Ebb. A Matter of Time was directed by her dad, co-starred Ingrid Bergman. It all looked so good on paper and then went nowhere.
Its also always irritated the hell out of me that even though New York New York is a signature song of hers amongst her fans, the world thinks of it as Sinatra's song. My parents - who are old enough to remember the movie - didn't even know the movie existed.