Ida Lupino
Mrs. Helen Chernen
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The Hard Way is a 1943 Warner Bros. musical drama film starring Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, and Joan Leslie. Directed by Vincent Sherman, it is based on a story by Irwin Shaw which was reportedly based on Ginger Rogers ' relationship with her first husband Jack Pepper (whom she married in 1928 at age 17) and her mother Lela. [2]
- $2.3 million (US rentals)
- Heinz Roemheld
- Jerry Wald
The Hard Way: Directed by Vincent Sherman. With Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson. Embittered, ambitious Helen Chernen sees an opportunity to escape her drab small-town life by becoming a 'stage mother' to her musically-talented younger sister.
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- Vincent Sherman
- Passed
- Drama, Musical, Romance
Hard Way, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Last Night You Said Louisville Older sister Helen (Ida Lupino) laying a shrewd line on traveling vaudevillian Albert (Jack Carson), who then springs younger sister Katherine (Joan Leslie) on partner Paul (Dennis Morgan) as they leave town, in The Hard Way, 1943.
- Vincent Sherman, Elmer Decker, Harold Winston
- Ida Lupino
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Success soon goes to Katherine's head and she becomes a fast-living party girl. Time passes and Helen and Katherine run into Paul, now a successful band leader. He and Katherine soon fall in love. The two sisters eventually have a showdown on opening night of Katherine's latest show when Katherine discovers that Helen is also in love with Paul.
Rated: B+ • Mar 5, 2013. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Helen (Ida Lupino) wants out of her small town and sees her sister Katie (Joan Leslie) as her means when she discovers ...
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- Vincent Sherman
- Drama
- Ida Lupino
Overview. Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty. Vincent Sherman. Director. Daniel Fuchs. Screenplay. Peter Viertel.
The film stars Ida Lupino as Helen Chernen, a woman from a coal mining town whose failed attempted to escape has morphed into a hatred for the town and everyone in it (including her simple, good-hearted husband), and an associated determination to do whatever it takes to help her sister Katie (Joan Leslie) make something of herself ...
