The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
- Helen DeutschScreenplay
- Daniel MannDirector
- Jay Richard KennedyScreenplay
Cast
- Susan HaywardLillian Roth
- Richard ConteTony Bardeman
- Eddie AlbertBurt McGuire
- Jo Van FleetKatie Roth
- Don TaylorWallie
- Ray DantonDavid Tredman
- MargoSelma
- Virginia GreggEllen
- Don 'Red' BarryJerry
- David KasdayDavid as a Child
- Carole Ann CampbellLillian as a Child
- Peter LeedsRichard
Stills
Themes
marriagedivorcealcoholicdrinkhollywood starbreadwinnertraumatic childhoodabusive motheralcoholic actressalcoholic womanambitious mother