What life is worth for
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | What life is worth for |
| Original title | Something to Live For |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | George Stevens |
| script | Dwight Taylor |
| production | George Stevens |
| music | Victor Young |
| camera | George Barnes |
| cut | William Hornbeck |
| occupation | |
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What Life Pays For is an American feature film from 1952. It deals with the subject of alcoholism .
action
Jenny Carey is a successful actress who ruined her career with her alcohol addiction. She meets the advertising salesman Alan Miller, of all people, who was an alcoholic himself . Alan is married to Edna and has two children. He falls in love with the actress and tries to help her. She is supposed to go to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings . Alan's intense efforts eventually lead to a crisis in his marriage. His wife doesn't believe him that this is just his sympathy for a sick woman. Alan relapses himself and has to finally decide whether he will let Jenny pull him into the abyss or stay with Edna in the family's lap. Alan decides for Edna and the children, even though he loves Jenny.
background
After his hit film The Lost Weekend from 1945, Ray Milland starred for the second time in an alcohol problem film. What Life Is Worth For is the first film to feature Alcoholics Anonymous Organization as a theme in a film.
Reviews
"Melodrama with excellent leading actors."
"(...) very poor film that wins through good acting." (Rating: 2 out of 4 possible stars - average) "
Web links
- What's life worth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ What life is worth for. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 1, 2017 .
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on Television" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 939