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Turner plays Lora Meredith, a poor widow with a daughter, struggling to make it in New York as an actress, who takes in a homeless black woman, Annie Johnson, and her daughter. Annie stays to keep house and watch Lora's daughter, the two become friends and their daughters grow up together. Eventually, Lora does become a famous actress and the two mothers with their daughters move to better housing. Both mothers have problems with their daughters, especially Annie, whose daughter is light skinned and passes herself off as white.

An excellent example of 1950's melodrama, this film stars Turner, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner, and Juanita Moore in an outstanding performance.

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