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Something to Live For
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Something to Live For (1952)
Starring:  Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Richard Derr, Douglas Dick, Herbert Heyes, Harry Bellaver, Paul Valentine
Director:  George Stevens
Genre:  Drama
Year:  1952
Studio:  Olive Films
Length:  89 minutes
Released:   March 27, 2012
Rating:  NR
Format:  DVD
Misc:  NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White
Language:  English(Original Language)
SYNOPSIS:
Joan Fontaine plays a famous actress who descends into alcoholism in this classic melodrama directed by George Stevens (A Place in the Sun). Ray Milland in an unofficial extension of his classic Lost Weekend role; plays a reformed drunkard who comes to Fontaine’s rescue, encouraging her to join Alcoholic Anonymous while continuing to struggle with his own demons.

The two lost souls fall in love, but they refuse to endanger his marriage; no matter how strong their feeling are for each other. Teresa Wright co-stars as Milland’s wife. Costume design by legendary designer, Edith Head (Sunset Boulevard).

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Angela
Strong performances from Fontaine, Milland, and Wright, but the story just feels rather pat and unfinished somehow. Maybe I've just watched too many Fontaine women's pictures (though this doesn't qualify in the strictest sense of that term), but superior specimens are out there. Still worth seeing for fans of the actors, Stevens completists, or those who are interested in the history of film portrayals of alcoholism.
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