I'll Cry Tomorrow

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I'll Cry Tomorrow is a 1955 biographical film which tells the story of Lillian Roth, a Broadway star who rebels against the pressure of her domineering mother and reacts to the death of her fiance by becoming an alcoholic. It stars Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet.

The movie was adapted by Helen Deutsch and Jay Richard Kennedy from the autobiography by Lillian Roth, Mike Connolly and Gerold Frank. It was directed by Daniel Mann.

It won the Academy Award for Costume Design, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Susan Hayward), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White and Best Cinematography, Black-and-White.