I'll Cry Tomorrow

Year:

1955

Duration:

117 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Music

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Daniel Mann

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1955-12-25

Filming Locations: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Margo

Susan Hayward

Lillian Roth

Richard Conte

Tony Bardeman

Eddie Albert

Burt McGuire

Jo Van Fleet

Katie Roth

Don Taylor

Wallie

Ray Danton

David Tredman

Virginia Gregg

Ellen

Don 'Red' Barry

Jerry (as Don Barry)

David Kasday

David as a Child

Carole Ann Campbell

Lillian as a Child

Peter Leeds

Richard

Tol Avery

Fat Man

Don Anderson

Party Guest (uncredited)

Walter Bacon

Alcoholics Anonymous Patient (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mary Bear

Wife (uncredited)

Larry J. Blake

AA Member (uncredited)

Nesdon Booth

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Veda Ann Borg

Waitress (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Waiter (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Bum on Street (uncredited)

Peter Brocco

Doctor (uncredited)

Henry Brock

Stagehand (uncredited)

Budd Buster

Streetcar Switchman (uncredited)

Timothy Carey

Derelict (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Harry Cody

Stagehand (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Lucille Curtis

Stage Mother (uncredited)

Jack Daly

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Robert Dix

Henry (uncredited)

Joe Duval

Bartender (uncredited)

Ralph Edwards

Ralph Edwards (uncredited)

Kay English

Dress Designer (uncredited)

Stanley Farrar

Movie Director (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jerrilyn Flannery

Bit Role (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen

The Porter (uncredited)

Gail Ganley

Lillian Roth - Age 15

Jack Gargan

Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)

James Gonzalez

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Robert Haines

Alcoholics Anonymous Patient (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Party Guest (uncredited)

Elizabeth Holmes

Stage Mother (uncredited)

Bob Hopkins

MC (uncredited)

Art Howard

Party Guest (uncredited)

Sonny Howe

Acrobatic Dancer (uncredited)

Anthony Jochim

Paul - Butler (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Alcoholics Anonymous Patient (uncredited)

Marc Krah

Barfly (uncredited)

Frank Kreig

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Henry Kulky

Barfly (uncredited)

Joseph La Cava

Waiter (uncredited)

Eddie Lee

Chinese Grocer (uncredited)

George Lloyd

Studio Messenger (uncredited)

Alyn Lockwood

Stage Mother (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton

Streetcar Conductor (uncredited)

Nora Marlowe

Nurse (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Party Guest (uncredited)

Eve McVeagh

Ethel (uncredited)

Cheerio Meredith

Elderly Lady (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Dock Worker (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jimmy Ogg

Usher (uncredited)

Kenneth Patterson

Audition Director

George Pembroke

Husband (uncredited)

Voltaire Perkins

Mr. Byrd - Movie Producer (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Alcoholics Anonymous Patient (uncredited)

Jack Perry

Bum on Street (uncredited)

Joe Ploski

Alcoholics Anonymous Patient (uncredited)

Florence Ravenel

Stage Mother (uncredited)

Vernon Rich

Club Manager (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Man in TV Audience (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Party Guest (uncredited)

George Selk

Switchman (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

Bartender (uncredited)

Ruth Storey

Marge Belney (uncredited)

Charles Tannen

Audition Stage Manager (uncredited)

Bill Walker

Porter (uncredited)

Harlan Warde

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson

Barfly (uncredited)

Robert Williams

Stagehand (uncredited)

Bernadette Withers

Bit Role (uncredited)

Jeane Wood

Stage Mother (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Earning nearly $8,000,000, this picture became the fourth-highest moneymaker of 1956.

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Lillian Roth was disappointed that MGM did not ask her to sing for Susan Hayward on the soundtrack. Coordinated with the movie's release, Epic Records issued an album of Lillian reprising tunes associated with her career in vaudeville, on Broadway and in Hollywood. Containing 12 songs with an orchestra directed by Don Costa, the album used the same title ("I'll Cry Tomorrow") as Miss Roth's 1954 autobiography (co-written with Mike Connolly and Gerold Frank), plus the 1955 biopic. Miss Roth's LP contained the three complete numbers performed by Susan in the movie: "Sing You Sinners," "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along" and "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe." Lillian's LP did not include "The Vagabond King Waltz" (sung partially on screen by Miss Hayward) nor the film's promotional song (music by Alex North, lyrics by Johnny Mercer), a mournful ballad introduced on disc by Susan, who was backed by Johnny Green and His Quartette. Initially, the Hayward cut was released by MGM Records on both a 45-rpm single (flip side: Cole Porter's "Just One of Those Things") and on a six-selection EP. In 2004, the commercial theme recorded by Susan was reissued on the full soundtrack CD by Film Score Monthly.

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Jo Van Fleet (Katie Roth) is just two and half years older than Susan Hayward (Lillian Roth).

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Goofs

At the AA meeting, speakers give their full names. This is inconsistent with the anonymous nature of AA.

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When Susan is giving her "I'm a drunk" speech in the bar (at around 1h 16 mins) the woman she has accosted suddenly turns into a man in a dark suit.

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After Lillian loses out on an audition at age 8, her mother speaks to her on the street in front of a Dad's Root Beer sign. This takes place in 1918. Dad's Root Beer didn't exist until 1937.

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Quotes

Lillian Roth: What I'm doing now is 'wrong'... and I'm *doing* it!

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Lillian Roth: OH! Look what ya did! And ya DID IT ON PURPOSE! You're still trying to make me do what you want, to be what you want! I can't be anything except what I am! Look, look what did you drop that bottle for? What are you trying to do, drive me crazy? Go on, GET THE BOTTLE! GET IT NOW!

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