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1959
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2h 5m
7.8IMDb
82%Rotten Tomatoes
87Metascore

Drama

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What it's about

Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson, a homeless Black woman at Coney Island, and soon they share a tiny apartment. Each woman has an intolerable daughter. However, Annie's little girl Sarah Jane is by far the worst. Neurotic and obnoxious, Sarah Jane doesn't like being Black; since she's light-skinned (her father was practically white), she spends the rest of the film trying to pass as white, much to her mother's heartache and shame. Lora, meanwhile, virtually ignores her own daughter in a single-minded quest for stardom.

Cast and crew

Director: Douglas Sirk
Writer: Eleanore Griffin, Allan Scott, Fannie Hurst
Starring: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee

Details

Release date: Mar 20, 1959
Language: English
Country: United States
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 6 nominations total