| | | This Story was Filmed on Location...Inside a Woman's Soul!
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, English, French, Subtitled
Susan Hayward gives a stunning, Oscar-nominated portrayal as Broadway's Lillian Roth in this true story of an alcoholic's wretched decline and her eventual, courageous recovery.
"Superlative portrayal by Hayward...Everything a movie biography should be." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"I have a great fondness for the early women's films that are stylized in a way that speaks to women. This film is among the best of the bunch." Marilyn Ferdinand, Ferdy on Films
Editor's Note
The life of Broadway's Lillian Roth, who sank into alcoholism and then recovered. based on Mrs. Roth's autobiography. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Actress--Susan Hayward.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/6/2007 |
| Running Time: 119 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1955 | | Catalog ID: 79719 | | UPC: 00012569797192 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Eddie Albert | | Jo Van Fleet | | Richard Conte | | Susan Hayward | | Alex North - Original Music By | | Arthur E. Arling - Cinematographer | | Cedric Gibbons - Art Director | | Daniel Mann - Director | | Harold F. Kress - Editor | | Helen Deutsch - Screenplay | | Jay Richard Kennedy - Screenplay | | Lawrence Weingarten - Producer | | Lillian Roth, et. al. - Based On Book By | | Malcolm Brown - Art Director |
| Awards |
Nominee (1957) | | | British Academy Awards, Susan Hayward, Best Foreign Actress | |
Winner (1956) | | | Cannes Film Festival, Susan Hayward, Best Actress | |
Nominee (1956) | | | Cannes Film Festival, Daniel Mann, Golden Palm Award | |
Winner (1956) | | | Oscar, Helen Rose, Best Costume Design, Black-and-White | |
Nominee (1956) | | | Oscar, Susan Hayward, Best Actress in a Leading Role | | | Oscar, Cedric Gibbons, et. al., Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White | | | Oscar, Arthur E. Arling, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety 8 of 10
This pulls no punches in showing a rising star's fall into alcoholic degradation that plumbs Skid Row sewers before Alcoholics Anonymous provides the faith and guidance to help her up again...No particular person or circumstance is blamed for Roth's downfall, but the viewers will be able to fasten on any one of several possible causes. The first is the stingingly cruel portrayal of the stage mother, played with great trouping skill by Jo Van Fleet, as she pushes her daughter towards the career she never had. The death of Roth's first love, effectively realized by Ray Danton, is a blow of fate and the start of the crackup...Susan Hayward, along with the sock of her sustained character creation, reveals pleasant pipes and song-belting ability.
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