1h 37min | Drama | November 1958 | b/w, ws
Director: Arnold Laven
Stars: Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Frederick O'Neal, Rex Ingram.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051362/
Watched online, good print.
Wanted to see this based on the stars. SD sings the title song over the credits, and they dance a bit, but not much to show off their musical talents.
This is really hard-hitting, ambiguous, late-50's modern. It made me double-check that The Sweet Smell of Success ('57) was around this time. It's not comparable material, but similar in the callous way people treat each other.
I was paying good attention, and I have no idea what the synopsis writer is trying to say. Her biggest enemy? SD? RI? What bigger demons?
I don't want to try summarizing this. It's something worth watching if you want to wade into that emotional swamp. It's more intriguing than repulsive, and the ending is hopeful yet not.
Longridge Enterprises, distr. UA, dir. Laven; 7
