Will There Really Be a Morning?

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Will There Really Be a Morning?

1983

2h 30m

Biography

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After she's discovered by a Hollywood agent in a Manhattan hotel, Seattle native Frances Farmer (Susan Blakely) rises to fame virtually overnight. Underappreciated by the studio machine that made her a star, Frances moves to New York to pursue more serious and challenging work. There, she meets and falls for radical playwright Clifford Odets (John Heard), and the two begin a doomed affair that sends her spiraling into what becomes a decades-long battle with alcoholism and schizophrenia.

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Fielder Cook

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Susan Blakely

Frances Farmer

Lee Grant

Lillian Farmer

John Heard

Clifford Odets

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After she's discovered by a Hollywood agent in a Manhattan hotel, Seattle native Frances Farmer (Susan Blakely) rises to fame virtually overnight. Underappreciated by the studio machine that made her a star, Frances moves to New York to pursue more serious and challenging work. There, she meets and falls for radical playwright Clifford Odets (John Heard), and the two begin a doomed affair that sends her spiraling into what becomes a decades-long battle with alcoholism and schizophrenia.

Director: Fielder Cook
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Runtime: 2h 30m