Plot
Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson, a homeless Black woman at Coney Island, and soon they share a tiny apartment. Each woman has an intolerable daughter. However, Annie's little girl Sarah Jane is by far the worst. Neurotic and obnoxious, Sarah Jane doesn't like being Black; since she's light-skinned (her father was practically white), she spends the rest of the film trying to pass as white, much to her mother's heartache and shame. Lora, meanwhile, virtually ignores her own daughter in a single-minded quest for stardom.
Written by
Eleanore Griffin, Allan Scott, Fannie Hurst
Directed by
Douglas Sirk
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal International Pictures
Languages
English
Awards
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 6 nominations total
Scores
# of Votes
18,987
Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
87
Popularity
NA