I'll Cry Tomorrow
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Directed by | Daniel Mann |
Produced by | Lawrence Weingarten |
Written by | Helen Deutsch Jay Richard Kennedy Lillian Roth (book) Mike Connolly (book) Gerold Frank (book) |
Starring | Susan Hayward Richard Conte Eddie Albert Margo Jo Van Fleet |
Music by | Alex North |
Cinematography | Arthur E. Arling |
Editing by | Harold F. Kress |
Distributed by | MGM |
Release date(s) | 25 December 1955 |
Running time | 117 min |
Country | USA United States |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
I'll Cry Tomorrow is a 1955 MGM biographical film which tells the story of Lillian Roth, a Broadway star who rebels against the pressure of her domineering mother and reacts to the death of her fiancé by becoming an alcoholic. It stars Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Margo, Jo Van Fleet.
The screenplay was adapted by Helen Deutsch and Jay Richard Kennedy from the autobiography by Lillian Roth, Mike Connolly and Gerold Frank. It was directed by Daniel Mann.
It won the Academy Award for Costume Design for Helen Rose, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Susan Hayward), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White and Best Cinematography, Black-and-White.