An ambitious chorus girl finds fame, marriage, and motherhood with a talented composer, only to leave him for a handsome singer.
Direction
Wyler's restless camera already escaping soundstage stiffness.
Acting
Cummings sells impossible character pivots with sheer nerve.
Director
William Wyler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Wyler's eleventh film in three years for Universal, mostly forgotten programmers he shot in weeks.
Linda's arc—chorus girl to star to mother to runaway wife—maps pre-Code anxiety about female independence being punished then partially forgiven.
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