“Lana Turner stars as a young widow and mother who will do anything to realize her dreams of Broadway stardom; her story is intertwined with that of Susan Kohner, the light-skinned daughter of Turner’s black maid, who is tempted to pass for white. The secret of Sirk’s double appeal is a broadly melodramatic plotline, played with perfect conviction yet constantly criticized and challenged by the film’s mise-en-scene, which adds levels of irony and analysis through a purely visual inflection.” –David Kehr, Chicago Reader. Sirk’s final Hollywood film, the second film adaptation of Fannie Hurst’s 1933 novel, was added to the National Film Registry in 2015. Susan Kohner won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for her performance.