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Summary

A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.

Cast

Susan Hayward

Angie Evans

Lee Bowman

Ken Conway

Marsha Hunt

Martha Gray

Eddie Albert

Steve Nelson

Carl Esmond

Dr. Lorenz

Carleton Young

Fred Elliott

Charles D. Brown

Mike Dawson

Janet Murdoch

Miss Kirk

Sharyn Payne

Angel Conway

Robert Shayne

Mr. Gordon

Larry J. Blake

Emcee (uncredited)

George Meeker

Wolf (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Farmer (uncredited)

George Meader

Attorney (uncredited)

Ruth Sanderson

Maggie (uncredited)

Steve Olsen

Bartender (uncredited)

Fredi Walker-Browne

Bartender (uncredited)

Barbara Wooddell

girl (uncredited)

Cecil Elliott

Matron (uncredited)

Alice Fleming

Mrs. Tierman (uncredited)

John Wald

Radio announcer (uncredited)

James Craven

Winsley (uncredited)

Frances Morris

Miss Benton (uncredited)

Connie Leon

Mary (uncredited)

William Gould

Judge (uncredited)

Vivien Oakland

Woman at bar (uncredited)

Robert Verdaine

Maitre d' (uncredited)

George Ramsey

Cab driver (uncredited)

Ed Randolph

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Eddie Coke

News Photographer (uncredited)

Ann Toth

Ladies Room Patron (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Stuart Heisler

Screenplay

John Howard Lawson

Story

Dorothy Parker

Story

Frank Cavett

Reviews

Geronimo1967

July 7, 2022

A sort of role-reversal of "A Star is Born" as Susan Hayward portrays a successful nightclub singer who marries a struggling lyricist - Lee Bowman. When his career takes off, she becomes disheartened and turns to the bottle - putting herself and her young daughter at risk. Hayward is rather good in this - she is convincing as both a singer (thanks, largely, to the tones of Peg La Centra) and a drunk; and does engender a feeling of sympathy. Regrettably, the rest of the cast are unremarkable and the ending reduces her performance to little more than that of a pathetic failure. It's worth a watch, but only because you can see the star quality in Hayward's performance rather than anything peculiar to this story.