The Hard Way
"You'd never believe they're sisters!"
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
"You'd never believe they're sisters!"
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
Ida Lupino
Helen Chernen
Dennis Morgan
Paul Collins
Joan Leslie
Katherine 'Katie' Blaine
Jack Carson
Albert Runkel
Gladys George
Lily Emery
Paul Cavanagh
John 'Jack' Shagrue
Ann Doran
Dorshka (Uncredited)
Thurston Hall
Harry (Uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
Max Wade (Uncredited)
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
An actor on the skids is given one more chance to regain his stardom, as well as his self-respect, yet his alcoholism may prevent that from happening.
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows signs of falling in love.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
An ex-con struggling to readjust to life in his small town forms an intense bond with his former high-school teacher.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.