I'll Cry Tomorrow
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Movie Reviews of I'll Cry Tomorrow
Movie Review: NO MORE TEARS NOW THAT'S ON DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
And high time. This is classic Hayward giving one of her finest of many great performances. Although every known actress in Hollywood wanted to play Lilian Roth's tragic story, Susan is the only candidate. A heavy drinker at the time and a near victim of an overdose of sleeping pills due to her turbulent divorce and custody battle, Hayward identified strongly with this role. Although Roth was under the assumption she would do the singing, Hayward makes her musical debut here. Her voice is throaty and gusty, much like the woman she was and she does each number with aplomb. This is the Oscar that got away. She deserved the one she received 3 years later, but should have won this one as well being an odds on favorite to win. She consoled herself with Cannes Film Festival Award for the best actress in the world--the first American female to win.
Jo Van Fleet makes an indelible impression as the pushy stagemother who never resorts to stereotypes. The high voltage confrontations between mother and daughter are unnerving and the film made during the heaving censored period, is gritty and spares no punches. Hayward is ugly and doesn't mind looking like a woman hitting the bottom of the bottler which makes her performance just that more convincing. It's hard to watch her at times when she hits skid row.
This movie was released in soundtrack CD and has been much sought after by fans and movie buffs and thanks to WB Home Video for finally making this a reality. This is Hayward's 3rd role as an alcholic (her first nomination in SMASH UP, and 2nd in MY FOOLISH HEART) were preludes to this realistic no nonsense performance by one of filmdom's greats.
A must watch for all! Thank you Warner Brothers for this fine MGM release.
Movie Review: Be Fair--Susan lived THEN, Not Now
Summary: 5 Stars
It never ceases to amaze me when some reviewers say Susan's movies haven't "aged well," or "the direction is slow" or--worst of all--she "overacted."
Times were different then. "Cool" meant a temperature below 65, not an attitude. People had the time and attention span to take in all the details of a scene and allow a story to develop, without needing today's jerky quick-cuts to keep their ever-wandering eye on the screen. They weren't glancing constantly at their non-existent cell phones to see if yet one more call or text message had come in to confirm to them that someone still knew they were alive. They liked seeing emotions fully expressed. Over-acting didn't mean being "very emotional," it meant being "excessively emotional to the situation portrayed."
Well, guess what? If I were going through the hell of alcoholism or facing the gas chamber or any of the other agonizing situations Susan portrayed, I'd be spilling my guts out too (if I wasn't so afraid of appearing "uncool"). She showed exactly how most people WOULD feel in these situations. And audiences were mesmerized by it.
I'm not asking anyone today to say they love these movies if they don't. Just don't judge them by the behaviors and pace of today's world, which Susan and her associates had absolutely no awareness of.
Finally, in terms of her being a "belter," read her biography sometime and see just how her belting, in every area of her life, got her to a position most people would have abandoned as impossible to achieve. Susan was a champion in every way and legendary proof that no one can stop you from achieving your goals unless you give up. And Susan never, ever did.
Movie Review: Harrowing Tale Of Addiction
Summary: 5 Stars
This film kind of took me aback because I never associated MGM with pictures of such a frank nature. "I'll Cry Tomorrow" is a film that meticulously depicts the hold that alcohol takes that slowly but inevitably leads to complete degradation, at least in the case of Lillian Roth. It's also an inspirational film in that it does offer hope that you can escape from the prison that the bottle offers. The film at first depicts the alleged glamour of drinking. For instance, Roth would go out on the town and order dinner but not eat it and just drink. Gradually the constant drinking led to seedy flophouses on skid row. The acting here is superb. Susan Hayward's character is required to age maybe 25 years and she does it convincingly with no make-up effects. Hayward's not what I would call a conventional beauty, at least not in the Lana Turner-Rita Hayworth sense, but through sheer force of personality you believe her to be glamorous. Hayward's singing voice I found to be adequate at best but she pulls it off because she makes you believe she is a terrific singer. Great supporting work by Jo Van Fleet as Lillian's stage mother mom. Van Fleet won the Oscar that year for "East of Eden" but you can make a stronger case for her work here. The underappreciated Richard Conte is also superb as Roth's abusive second husband. There have been many great films about the pitfalls of alcohol and "I'll Cry Tomorrow" stands with the best of them.Movie Review: True Boozehound
Summary: 5 Stars
I really do believe this is a true and harrowing account of an alcoholic woman, Lillian Roth. They put everything in the movie they could in the 50s. I read her book I'll Cry Tomorrow. In the book she went through even worse than what is shown in the movie. Alcoholism ruined her career as a singer and actress in the 30s and 40s. She never completely recovered what could have been a brillant career but at least she conquered alcoholism and was able to live a reasonably happy life. Susan Hayward is brillant, a no-nonsense, nitty-gritty actress who brings the heroine of the story to painful, real life. This is a disease which could easily happen to a lot of people who never think it could. It shows very clearly the progression from the first drink to irresponsible drinking to that first miserable drink she didn't want but had to have and the horror that followed. This disease can put a person in a very vulnerable position where they can be easily abused by others who pretend to help. This is a must-see for people who even think they might have a problem!Movie Review: Susan Hayward acts and sings to the hilt in arguably her best performance ever
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie was an enormous boxoffice and critical hit in the USA in 1956 returning more than $6.000.0000 dollars in domestic run and going on to become an international critical and public smash winnig Susan Hayward the best actress award - the golden palm - at the prestigious 1956 Cannes film festival in France.
Hayward gives it all and she will steal your heart in this gripping story of a 16 years long bout with alcoholism taking her to hell on earth ...and beyond.According to lots of fans and critics,she should have won an oscar for this role (she ultimately won for "I want to live" in 1959)
Supporting work by Jo van Fleet (playing Hayward's mother) is superb too.
Warner video annouces a great list of extra material for this DVD .
A must have in your DVD library of Hollywood classics.