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Family | Motherhood
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Best Supporting Actress | 1960 | Susan
National Film Preservation Board | 2015
Top Drama | 1959
Best Actress | 1959 | Lana
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1960 | Susan
Best Supporting Actress | 1960 | Juanita
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1960 | Douglas
Top Cinematography Color | 1959
Top Female Supporting Performance | 1959 | Juanita
Best Film | 1959 | Douglas
As Mahalia Jackson started singing at the funeral, Lana Turner lost control and fled to her trailer in tears. When no arguments could convince her to return to the church and shoot the scene, her makeup woman slapped her in the face, breaking her out of her hysterics. She then returned to the set and completed the scene perfectly.
This film, which focuses on the relationship struggles of mothers and daughters, was Lana Turner's first since a very public scandal involving Turner and her daughter Cheryl Crane. The previous year, the fourteen year old Crane had fatally stabbed Turner's boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato. Stompanato, part of Mickey Cohen's infamous gang, had been beating Turner, and the court ruled that Crane's actions were justifiable homicide. Nonetheless, the killing and subsequent scandal created a rift between Turner and her daughter, and seriously threatened to end Turner's film career. However, Turner channeled the pain from her experience into this film. It proved financially and critically successful, and served as a comeback vehicle for the actress.
Lana Turner took a much smaller salary, than her usual $25,000 per week and worked for 50% of the film's profits, which earned her over $2 million (setting a record for an actress at the time).
Susan Kohner who played the part of Sarah Jane is mixed with Mexican and Czech-Jewish descent She is the daughter of Lupita Tovar and Paul Kohner.
Although she has the second largest role in the film, Juanita Moore was billed seventh, behind actors with much smaller roles. As some form of compensation, her on-screen billing reads "presenting Juanita Moore as Annie Johnson," but that credit didn't make it into the film's advertising.
"Annie: How do you tell a child that she was born to be hurt?"
"Lora Meredith: Now, just a moment, young lady! It's only because of my ambition that you've had the best of everything. And that's a solid achievement that any mother can be proud of! Susie, age 16: [tearfully] And how about a mother's love? Lora Meredith: LOVE? But you've always had that! Susie, age 16: Yes, by telephone, by postcard, by magazine interviews... you've given me everything... but yourself!"
