Young Actresses
It's amazing how some of the actresses in this film became successful.
shareI just watched it, too. I couldn't keep my eyes off of Anne Francis - Henreid didn't have to act at all when he told her she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. Rita Moreno also - striking and pitiful as the tragic, mentally disturbed girl.
shareI agree...Anne Francis and Rita Moreno were radiant! I totally loved how vampy Anne played Loretta. She was very believable as a slutty little delinquent seething with jealousy...so cold she calls her unseen, innocent child "a brat" that she "can't be bothered with" that's as bad as it gets folks! Yet I pitied her on visiting day when she said no one would cross the street to pay her a call. If a few things had been different in this girl's life she might not have ended up in the mess she was in. I wonder how her character ended up as a working mother. Something tells me not so well. Some people are just beyond help.
Dolores needed to be in a different sort of facility for her issues. Her character made me so sad. She had so much talent as a singer and was so shiny and bright to look at, that it made it all the more tragic.
I wish that the young actresses of today would take a cue from the actresses of this era. The actresses of yesteryear look so fresh, dewy, and natural. Not plastic surgeried to the extreme. I hope they go back to that someday.
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I think Anne Francis, Rita Moreno and Anne Jackson all stood out, but Rita's character broke my heart. I wrote a post about this. Anne Jackson made me cry when she had her breakdown at the orphanage. Great film overall.
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