Fannie Hurst
2) Back street
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A quintessential tearjerker in which a couple meets and falls in love but is unable to marry due to impossible circumstances.
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"Young at Heart centers on a family headed by a music-loving patriarch ... and his musically inclined daughters looking for romance. Doris Day ... plays the youngest daughter. Laurie, and Gig Young ... plays Alex Burke, a likable composer who comes for an extended visit and eventually wins the hearts of all three sisters. Frank Sinatra ... plays Barney Sloan, a cynical songwriter hired by Alex to do arrangements for an upcoming Broadway show"--Container....
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1934 version: Two single mothers join together to form a successful business, but find that material success does nothing to stabilize their personal lives.
1959 version: Two single mothers, a down-on-her-luck actress and a homeless woman, attempt to find happiness for themselves and their daughters.
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The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living an emotionally fruitless existence.