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Come Back, Little Sheba. Burt Lancaster as a reformed drunk and Oscar-winning ("Best Actress") Shirley Booth as his slatternly wife in a film version of William Inge's play (TIME...
Come Back, Little Sheba. Burt Lancaster as a reformed drunk and Shirley Booth as his slatternly wife in a film version of William Inge's play (TIME...
...surprise of the film is the excellence of Burt Lancaster's performance as Lola's husband. Despite greyed temples and bushy eyebrows, he looks too young and fit for the role, but dramatically, he is completely convincing. As the reformed alcoholic trying to reconcile himself to his life with Lola, he has just the right tone of quiet and guarded desperation. And when the guard collapses and his bitterness and frustration explode in a tremendous jag, his performance has a terrifying intensity. To the smaller role of the young boarder who innocently shatters the deceptive calm of the Delaney home...
Come Back, Little Sheba. Burt Lancaster as a reformed drunk and Shirley Booth as his slatternly wife in a film version of William Inge's play (TIME...
Come Back, Little Sheba. Burt Lancaster as a reformed drunk and Shirley Booth as his slatternly wife in an impressive film version of William Inge's Broadway play (TIME...