Susan Hayward plays singer and actress Lillian Roth in this biopic, a raw early film depiction of alcoholism, which threatened to destroy Roth's life and career. Hayward won the Best Actress Oscar for "I Want to Live" four years after this film, but her performance here (for which she was nominated) is every bit as compelling. She continues to be under-appreciated even though the intensity of her acting style is astonishing.