Will There Really Be a Morning?
This biopic depicts troubled actress Frances Farmer's Seattle childhood, college years, political involvement, show business success, doomed love affair with playwright Clifford Odets, and her eventual mental breakdown.
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"I read the book, which was very compelling and upsetting. This TV film is pretty average. Blakely is a decent actress when she has a good script. She doesn't in this vehicle. Lee Grant is awful. She always is. She even sports the same wig she wore in The Swarm and Airport 77. In playing Lillian Farmer, one would think her bitter schtick would come in handy. It doesn't. This film is devoid of over histrionics which plagued other biopics of the era, such as The Jayne Mansfield Story and The Rosemary Cloney Story. Actually that might have helped. Then this movie might have had some ca..."
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Frances Farmer's former close friend Ida Lupino was close to optioning the book "Will There Really Be a Morning?" for filming.
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This biopic depicts troubled actress Frances Farmer's Seattle childhood, college years, political involvement, show business success, doomed love affair with playwright Clifford Odets, and her eventual mental breakdown.