Where Love Has Gone (1964)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Writers:

John Michael Hayes (writer)
Harold Robbins (novel)

Release Date:

2 November 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

From the blistering best-seller! From the team that brought you 'The Carpetbaggers'! The explosive story of the violent world where a mother and her teenage daughter compete for the same lover...WHERE LOVE HAS GONE goes where no motion picture has ever dared go before!

Plot:

A divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Ex Wife | Teenage Daughter | Trial | Marriage

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Susan Hayward	...	Valerie Hayden Miller
Bette Davis	...	Mrs. Gerald Hayden
Mike Connors	...	Major Luke Miller (as Michael Connors)
Joey Heatherton	...	Danielle Valerie Miller
Jane Greer	...	Marian Spicer
DeForest Kelley	...	Sam Corwin
George Macready	...	Gordon Harris
Anne Seymour	...	Dr. Sally Jennings
Willis Bouchey	...	Judge Murphy
Walter Reed	...	George Babson
Ann Doran	...	Mrs. Geraghty
Bartlett Robinson	...	Mr. John Coleman
Whit Bissell	...	Professor Bell
Anthony Caruso	...	Rafael

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:18 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:17 (censored version)

Company:

Joseph E. Levine Productions

Trivia:

At the last minute, the producers wanted to add a scene where Bette Davis' character goes insane and slashes a portrait. Davis resisted, saying it was out of character for the role. The producers attempted to sue her but Davis won the case.

Quotes:

Valerie Hayden Miller: When you're dying from thirst, you'll drink from a mudhole.

Soundtrack:

WHERE LOVE HAS GONE

"When You're Dying Of Thirst...You'll Drink From A Mudhole!" - Valerie Hayden-Miller

This film wanted to cash in on the Lana Turner scandal involving her daughter murdering her boyfriend. Susan Hayward (somewhat of a hambone, but still great!) plays a San Francisco sculptor (with a thick Brooklyn accent) who's work is good only when she's sexually promiscuous. Bette Davis (just 10 years older than Hayward) plays Hayward's domineering, buttinsky mother. She's got a pot belly & wears a "white" George Washington wig that starts turning green as the film progresses. Mike ("Mannix") Connors plays Hayward's boozehound husband who wears more makeup than Hayward & Davis combined (it's disturbing because he looks like a corpse)! Joey Heatherton (20 at the time) plays the murdering "15" year old daughter of Hayward & Connors. She plays the part squinty-eyed, whiney, & child-like one minute, & sassy with a smart-mouth the next while smoking. This is an annoying, unlikable character! Part of the film is told in flashback, yet there's no difference anywhere to be seen from 15 years prior, or the present. Absolutely nothing changes, clothes, hair styles, the sets, etc. This is a great film for Susan Hayward & Bette Davis fans, & soap opera lovers, but I doubt anyone else can sit through this.