Anna Lucasta

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PG,1hr 37min

Genres:

Drama,Romance

Released:

January 1, 1959

Director:

Arnold Laven

Distributor:

MGM

Starring:

Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis, Jr., Frederick O'Neal ... More

Synopsis: Playwright Philip Yordan stirred up controversy with his 1944 Broadway production Anna Lucasta, the sexy saga of a family of avaricious African-Americans. Such was the notoriety of the play that Columbia Pictures couldn't resist optioning it for a film version. Since this was 1949, Columbia took into consideration both censors and intolerant filmgoers by toning down the play's eroticism and transforming the characters into Polish-Americans. The 1958 Anna Lucasta was filmed in more temperate times, ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review On the Broadway stage in the 1940, Philip Yordan's Anna Lucasta caused quite a stir; this 1958 remake (the play was first filmed in 1949) didn't create quite the same reaction when released and when seen today it is likely to be dismissed as an exercise in much ado about nothing. The blame lasts primarily with Yordan's screenplay, which to modern audiences will seem overwrought in the extreme -- not ... Read Review