Directed by:
Daniel MannCinematography:
James Wong HoweComposer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore, Richard Jaeckel, Philip Ober, Edwin Max, Robert Fuller, Ned Glass, Lisa Golm, Walter Kelley, Paul McVey, Peter Leeds (more)VOD (1)
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Two decades after their hasty wedding, Doc (Burt Lancaster) and Lola (Shirley Booth) are stuck in a deadening and loveless marriage. Doc, who dropped out of medical school when Lola got pregnant, blames Lola for the loss of his life’s dream. Lola, who never recovered emotionally from the miscarriage she suffered shortly after their wedding, still mourns the loss of her beloved dog, Sheba. When a beautiful young lodger (Terry Moore) enters their home, long-repressed emotions explode. (Via Vision Entertainment)
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Come Back, Little Sheba is a 1950s classic, based on what was then a new play by the debuting William Inge, the sultry drama was awarded every award for its efforts and everyone was happy. Especially the award-winning Shirley Booth. But what was considered realism then is no longer realism today, just like most of the hits of that time. Today, it's just a window into postwar Hollywood, which found salvation in a woman who let herself be chained to the home fireplace.
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