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I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) is a biopic that tells the story of Lillian Roth, a Broadway star who rebels against the pressure of her domineering mother and struggles with alcoholism after the death of her fiancé. It stars Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Margo, and Jo Van Fleet.
June Allyson (born Eleanor Geisman; October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Allyson began her career in 1937 as a dancer in short subject films and on Broadway in 1938. She signed with MGM in 1943, and rose to fame the following year in Two Girls and a Sailor.
I'll Cry Tomorrow. Charles Walters, announced as the director, bowed out of the project when his first choice for lead actress, June Allyson, lost the part to Susan Hayward. Upon her casting, Miss Hayward requested Daniel Mann to direct, and Susan also wanted and received script revisions.
According to a March 1955 Hollywood Reporter news item, Charles Walters, who was initially slated to direct I'll Cry Tomorrow, left the project because he wanted June Allyson rather than Susan Hayward to play the lead.
- Daniel Mann, Al Jennings
- Susan Hayward
I'll Cry Tomorrow: Directed by Daniel Mann. With Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet. Susan Hayward stars as singer-actress Lillian Roth, whose rise to stardom was nearly destroyed by alcoholism.
MGM director Charles Walters was originally assigned to I'll Cry Tomorrow; and wanted to cast June Allyson (who was not unlike the young Lillian Roth, in some respects). Walters wanted to start with Roth as an innocent girl, slowly chipping away at the surface, until the innocence was eaten away by fear.
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I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) - Directed by Daniel Mann, produced by Lawrence Weingarten and starring Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet, Don Taylor, Ray Danton, Margo, Virginia Gregg,and more...