Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Country: US
Technical: bw 99m
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Shirley Booth, Burt Lancaster, Terry Moore
Synopsis:
A frustrated alcoholic general practitioner, whose drunkenness has been a release from the disappointment of a forced marriage, discovers the lure of sexual attraction again when he and his wife take in a young lodger.
Review:
Lancaster is a bit too young for this role, though he manages inebriation very nicely. The drama has themes common to much American theatre at that time, summed up by Albee the following decade in "Virginia Woolf": alcohol, sex, past disillusion and vain hope for the future. Shirley Booth contributes a great performance, but Mann's direction leaves it dead in the water.
Country: US
Technical: bw 99m
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Shirley Booth, Burt Lancaster, Terry Moore
Synopsis:
A frustrated alcoholic general practitioner, whose drunkenness has been a release from the disappointment of a forced marriage, discovers the lure of sexual attraction again when he and his wife take in a young lodger.
Review:
Lancaster is a bit too young for this role, though he manages inebriation very nicely. The drama has themes common to much American theatre at that time, summed up by Albee the following decade in "Virginia Woolf": alcohol, sex, past disillusion and vain hope for the future. Shirley Booth contributes a great performance, but Mann's direction leaves it dead in the water.
Country: US
Technical: bw 99m
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Shirley Booth, Burt Lancaster, Terry Moore
Synopsis:
A frustrated alcoholic general practitioner, whose drunkenness has been a release from the disappointment of a forced marriage, discovers the lure of sexual attraction again when he and his wife take in a young lodger.
Review:
Lancaster is a bit too young for this role, though he manages inebriation very nicely. The drama has themes common to much American theatre at that time, summed up by Albee the following decade in "Virginia Woolf": alcohol, sex, past disillusion and vain hope for the future. Shirley Booth contributes a great performance, but Mann's direction leaves it dead in the water.