Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)

Movie
Audience Score
63
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
NR 1 hr 25 minDec 9th, 1942Drama
Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her father in her small world, Kathy is delighted to meet fellow tenant Robert. When Madden is offered the lead in a new King Lear and Robert lands a composing job in Hollywood, better times seem for a while to beckon.
StarringMonty WoolleyIda LupinoCornel Wilde
DirectorIrving Pichel
WritersNunnally JohnsonEmlyn Williams

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 9th, 1942
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:William Goetz
Production Companies:20th Century Fox
Movie Tags:
dark comedyparent child relationshipalcoholicbackstage