I'll Cry Tomorrow

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I'll Cry Tomorrow

1955,

1h 57m,

Biography

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86%

7 Reviews

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250+ Ratings

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86%

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7 Reviews

75%

Popcornmeter

250+ Ratings

This acclaimed biopic tells the cautionary tale of Broadway star Lillian Roth (Susan Hayward), who by the age of 20 has risen to fame due to the efforts of her pushy mother. Though a success on stage, Lillian has her hopes of happiness dashed when her fiancé dies tragically, and responds to her loss by drinking. Alcoholism and a string of failed marriages destroy Lillian's career and ultimately leave her destitute. After a brush with death, however, Lillian resolves to return to the spotlight.

Jean Yothers

Orlando Sentinel

Sep 27, 2021

Susan Hayward stellar performance as the tragic Lillian Roth In the frank biographical film, I'll Cry Tomorrow, may leave moviegoers wondering why she didn't beat out Italy's Anna Magnani for the coveted Academy Award for best actress.

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Dan Callahan

Slant Magazine

Nov 18, 2007

2.5/4

In the '40s, Hayward had a distinctive and rather bitchy sex appeal and clear hunger for stardom that gave way in the '50s to a weary but still authoritative command of frank self-pity and tough-broad defiance.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Mar 19, 2023

3/4

Few actresses from Hollywood’s Golden Age are as ripe for rediscovery as Susan Hayward.

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André Bazin

L'Éducation Nationale

Dec 8, 2021

Almost the entire picture lacks credibility in spite of the theoretical likelihood of the situations depicted.

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Lori Hoffman

Atlantic City Weekly

Jul 11, 2007

4/5

We always love Susan Hayward

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Aug 16, 2005

4/5

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Leia M

Sep 23, 2017

Exemplary Hollywood biography still packs a wallop; Susan Hayward (who does her own singing) gives a flawless performance as singer Lillian Roth, with Jo Van Fleet equally good as her stage mother; Richard Conte is a standout as one of Roth's abusive husbands. Gritty and censor-bending for its time.

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Luke S

Feb 18, 2017

This film shows its age, but is still an interesting film about alcoholism from 1955. I've anyways loved Susan Hayward and I still do. She's excellent. Her performance is melodramatic but still has its moments. Jo Van Fleet is marvelous as her stage mother. Susan Hayward sings and is not dubbed. Lilian Roth was a consultant on the film which tells her story.

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Daniel Mann

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Lillian Roth

Richard Conte

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Synopsis

This acclaimed biopic tells the cautionary tale of Broadway star Lillian Roth (Susan Hayward), who by the age of 20 has risen to fame due to the efforts of her pushy mother. Though a success on stage, Lillian has her hopes of happiness dashed when her fiancé dies tragically, and responds to her loss by drinking. Alcoholism and a string of failed marriages destroy Lillian's career and ultimately leave her destitute. After a brush with death, however, Lillian resolves to return to the spotlight.

Director: Daniel Mann
Producer: Lawrence Weingarten
Screenwriter: Helen Deutsch, Jay Richard Kennedy
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 1955, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 57m

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