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The Hard Way: Directed by Vincent Sherman. With Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson. Embittered, ambitious Helen Chernen sees an opportunity to escape her drab small-town life by becoming a 'stage mother' to her musically-talented younger sister.
- (1,5K)
- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Vincent Sherman
- 1943-02-20
The Hard Way is a 1943 Warner Bros. musical drama film starring Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, and Joan Leslie. Directed by Vincent Sherman, it is based on a story by Irwin Shaw which was reportedly based on Ginger Rogers' relationship with her first husband Jack Pepper (whom she married in 1928 at age 17) and her mother Lela.
USA, 1943. Film Drama. Min. 109. Helen, unglücklich verheiratet, lebt in einer Bergarbeiter-Siedlung am Rande der Armutsgrenze. Um ihrer Schwester Katherine ein derartiges Dasein zu ersparen, versucht Helen, ihr eine Karriere am Broadway zu ermöglichen. Dies gelingt ihr, doch Helen will für ihre Schwester den absoluten Starruhm.
Hard Way, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Get Out Older sister Helen (Ida Lupino) catches Katherine (Joan Leslie) on the porch with vaudevillian Albert (Jack Carson), husband Sam (Roman Bohnen) getting steamed, then a scheme developing, in Vincent Sherman's melodrama The Hard Way, 1943.
- Vincent Sherman, Elmer Decker, Harold Winston
- Ida Lupino
Watch in dismay as she schemingly takes charge of her younger sister’s singing career and spends the next 90 minutes lying, cheating and conniving their way to the top. Heck, even the always likable Jack Carson doesn’t stand a chance and ends up roadside carnage.
- (840)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Vincent Sherman
Overview. Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty. Vincent Sherman. Director. Daniel Fuchs. Screenplay. Peter Viertel.
A radio version of this film was broadcast by Lux Radio Theatre on 20 Mar 1943, and starred Miriam Hopkins and Franchot Tone. ... A Feb 1942 press release announced that Olivia De Havilland, John Garfield and Jeffrey Lynn would star in the film.
