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| Burt Lancaster | ... | Doc Delaney | |
| Shirley Booth | ... | Lola Delaney | |
| Terry Moore | ... | Marie Buckholder | |
| Richard Jaeckel | ... | Turk Fisher | |
| Philip Ober | ... | Ed Anderson | |
| Edwin Max | ... | Elmo Huston | |
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Lisa Golm | ... | Mrs. Coffman |
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Walter Kelley | ... | Bruce Cunningham |
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For two decades Doc and Lola Delaney avoided coming to terms with what Doc considered a "shot gun" marriage. Lola lost the baby and gives a lot of her affection to Sheba, a dog that disappeared a few months before the film opens. Doc blames Lola for having to drop out of medical school and not becoming a "real" doctor. Until joining AA a year ago, his escape was alcohol. Then college student Marie rents a room in their home. Doc feels passion for the first time in 20 years. But Marie has two suitors her age. Lola -- unaware of Doc's emotions --becomes as interested in Marie's future as if Marie were her daughter. Written by Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 February 1953 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Cruz da Minha Vida See more »Company Credits
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Doc Delaney: [about Marie] She must spend a fortune on bath powders and salts. That whole bathroom smells like a lilac garden.
Lola Delaney: I know. I like it.
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The original Broadway production of production of "Come Back, Little Sheba" by William Inge opened at the Booth Theater in New York on February 15, 1950 and ran for 190 performances. Shirley Booth won the 1950 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for portraying Lola on stage and then recreated the role in the film version for which she won the Best Actress Oscar award. See more »Goofs
About 1:34 into the film Lola takes Doc into the kitchen to fix him breakfast where a moving shadow of the boom microphone is visible on the door and door frame after she gets the can of juice from the icebox. See more »Quotes
Lola Delaney: I'm too tired to wash my face tonight. Did you?Doc Delaney: [about Marie] She must spend a fortune on bath powders and salts. That whole bathroom smells like a lilac garden.
Lola Delaney: I know. I like it.
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Shirley Booth's performance in this movie is one of the best I've seen.From the moment she appears as Lola Delaney you know almost everything you need to know about her character.It's quite rare that I get moved to tears by a performance,but Shirley Booth managed that feat. She conveys all the emotions of a simple woman who's life didn't turn out the way she dreamed and her realization that the springtime of her life has long gone.Burt Lancaster might have been a bit young for the part of Doc Delaney,but I think he's really good and powerful and frightening in the drunk-scene.Terry Moore was a charming acquaintance for me.Her performance was quite assured and natural. Although this movie is more like a filmed play, I enjoyed it a lot.