Come Back, Little Sheba (1952 film)

Come Back, Little Sheba 1952 is a drama film produced by Paramount Pictures which tells the story of a loveless marriage that is rocked when a young woman rents a room in the couples house. The film stars Burt Lancaster with Terry Moore and Richard Jaeckel. Shirley Booth makes her film debut, which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress. The title refers to the wifes little dog that disappeared months before the story begins and which she still openly grieves for.

Doc Delaney Burt Lancaster is a recovering alcoholic who, in his younger days, was a promising medical student who dropped out of school to take a job to support a pregnant Lola, whose premarital intercourse with Doc caused her to be thrown out of her familys house by her father. Doc, thinking he was doing the right thing, married Lola Shirley Booth. The child later died, and in the process rendered Lola unable to have any further children, leaving the couple childless. As a result, Doc turned to drinking excessively, causing him to have bouts of anger and murderous rage, and later drinking away a sizeable inheritance from his parents. He eventually joined Alcoholics Anonymous and was able to quit drinking, though he still keeps a bottle in the house to remind him of his past life.Marie Terry Moore is a young college student who rents a spare room from the Delaneys. One day she brings home a young man, Turk Richard Jaeckel, who is a star on the track team. Hes wearing his track outfit which shows off his muscles, as she intends to use him as a figure model for a poster shes doing for a major athletic competition being held in the town. Mrs. Delaney encourages the couple in their modeling session, though Doc, who walks in to find Turk underdressed, thinks it borders on pornography. Later, after Marie and Turk leave, it is revealed that Marie is promised to be married to another man, Bruce, who is away but due to return soon. ........

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