Susan Hayward - Back Street

[cafra1707]

why did they have to kill him in the movie?

[Takoushjanik]

It's tear jerker, but a classic movie with Susan Hayward and John Gavin.

[lifelove240]

Classic...

[cubarnett]

I saw this movie in the theater 50 years ago when I was just 14. That was back when you could stay in the theater and watch it again, and that is exactly what my girlfriend and I did. We cried through the entire second showing.

[asongforxx456]

can someone tell me the music in the film? is a it a symphony or just made for the film.i know brahms 3rd is in the film but the other music idk what it is.??!

[htownlithium]

i didnt know John Gavin was 1/2 mexican....hotttt

[norisna]

This answer is to angelamwatts(sent about the film three months ago) .

Your grandmother has right, but now this type of story is not important, the morality rules has changed. Divorce is not a problem, divorce after divorce is right, lovers after lovers is right. we cannot see a moral patron. Now nothing is tragic. Morality is for old people. However I loved too much this film I would like to have it in DVD

[etrax2000]

@norisna the movis is on tcm today sept 26 at 9.45 p.m east coast time

[norisna]

Thank you for posting the video Back Street. Please somebody knows the title of the jazz song that Susan Hayward was dancing with the marine in the bar aieroport at the stat of the film? Sure I liked to much all the film and I liked the jazz song . I asked long time ago but nobody can identify the tilte with this song. Please if somebody know, tell me

Thank you very much for your answer. ( the answer would like in this same place)

Norisna

[Cance251]

Just look how GLAMOUROUS the women looked in the early 1960s. Fast forward to the 2000s, EWW!

[18911118]

Goodness! Hayward playing Edith Head - all that chiffon .... the black & white ensemble is kinda good though. Gavin playing Rock Hudson. Would have been explosive if Rock played Gavin's role and Gavin played Hayward's role, and Hayward played Vera Miles [good perf though]. TOO EXPLOSIVE for 1958?58?

This was the 3RD VERSION - 2ND REMAKE. Good one though. Hayward's hair and make-up is bullet-proof ~ Gavin must have been very nervous even touching her ......

[clarak208]

This is my favorite movie of all time, and I cannot believe that Netflix does not have this movie....She is such an amazing actress, so beautiful and talented.

[TheCoddlefish]

Hayward was an amazing actress. That look on her face after being humiliated and shamed by the bitchy, alcoholic is so complex, yet still so dignified ... what acting!

[lovelylady36ify]

One of favorite movies, the end of this movie breaks your heart and there was not a dry eye leaving the theater including the men. Thank you, loaferguy, for posting this, also I see you have "Madame X" with Lana Turner, which is another of my favorites and this one also is a heart breaker. I have watch these movies over and over and still cry .

[lovelylady36ify]

One of favorite movies, the end of this movie breaks your heart and there was not a dry eye leaving the theater including the men.

[necktieguy1]

What a great movie! Thanks for this post. Don't ever take it away.

[galwaygirl501]

I remember I was about 8 or 9 and I watched this on an afternoon movie all cuddled up on the couch. I would love to get a copy of this, so we can curl up on the couch together one last time. She just turned 82 but not in really good health. Thanks for this memory.

[angelamwatts]

This movie is a classic example of what my grandmother used to say..."there is no future in a married man." When you take a vow at the altar you say "for better for worse, for richer or poorer, etc. Susan Hayward deserved better than that. Tragic!

[DEBOJU930]

this film is amazing, and also the music. Susan and Vera are wonderful, i have the film at home.

[Kevierae]

They show everything over and over on the TCM Channel, but I've never seen this! Damn!

[keshea215]

Does anyone have the full movie? I love this, it was one of my grandmothers favorites.

[reggie5519]

This is one of my all time favorite movies sad it might be, but its a beautiful love story.

Susan Hayward was the best and John Gavin very handsome man.

[MegaAlbaby]

Especially in those heels. Go, Vera -- Gun it!!

[sassysizzle]

Rule #1: Never threaten suit of divorce when driving....

[sassysizzle]

Where may I purchase this video. Do you have full movie to upload here?  Thanks. I haven't seen this movie in years. 52 now. I was between 10 and 13 when I saw this shown on the 4pm Movie after school. A time when innocence was appreciated and didn't realize how protected I was until becoming a mother and now grand parent.

[MegaAlbaby]

whatta broad! another personal fave is SMASH-UP: STORY OF A WOMAN from i think 1946...you can take the girl outta Brooklyn, but ya can't take Brooklyn outta the goil.

wonder who did the costumes for Back Street -- Jean Louis? how i wish they made them like this again instead of getting Adam Sandler!?

[edwardjames50]

@MegaAlbaby ~ Fabulous comment, and AMEN! Yes, Jean Louis did the wardrobe, by the way.

[MegaAlbaby]

whatta broad! another personal fave is SMASH-UP: STORY OF A WOMAN from i think 1946...

wonder who did the costumes for Back Street -- Jean Louis? how i wish they made them like this again instead of getting Adam Sandler!?

[KittyTempleton]

Love this film, saw i when I was little and it has stayed with me. I managed to get a vhs coy! but not a dvd. Is it possible to watch this online. Susan is so beautiful thanks :o)

[etrax2000]

is this the film wghere the two little kids say "leave our father alone" when she was fooling around with a married man.

[loafersguy]

@etrax2000 The boy says that, but not the little girl.

[etrax2000]

@loafersguy I saw a film years ago with Shirley Jones and lLoyd bridges who were having an affair and it seemed an exceptable reason born out of lonliness and desperation, but since his wife was in an institution it also seemes wrong. Whenever I can't make up my mind wheither adultery is ever acceptable I always flash back to that scene when the kid says "leave our father alone " can you imagine how devastating that would be to a woman to hear that?

[cremeofthereich]

It's a decent ride for a soap opera, Hayward is beautiful as always and stunning at times in the gowns BUT! The ending is just too shlocky. Just what I expected but I'm still glad I saw it!

[maaiizz]

la primera vez que la fue con mi mami, tengo 53 años y me emociona haberla encontrado gracias.

[circlesthesun]

Thurs. Oct. 7, 2010

Tear jerker of a film. What a cast. I surprised mom by ordering it on-line. My siblings saw it with mom as kids in the early 60s. Mom called and was shouting with excitement thanking me for the surprise gift.

Bobby

Vaughn,NM

[9847monkees]

There is a new Book on Susan Hayward By Gene Arceri called"Brooklyn Scarlett" Susan Hayward Fire in the wind" I know the Gene Arceri the Author. Gene Arceri's beginning of the extensive research that went into this book. A journey that took him from Brooklyn to Atlanta, with stops everywhere, and in-between wanting face to face interviews, anywhere he could find some insight into this compelling personality. With help from Hayward's brother Walter.

[TheCoddlefish]

Fantastic! I was hoping there was a good bio out on La Hayward. She's one of my personal favorites. I just saw her in another movie where she played a fashion designer, this one with Dan Duryea and that incomparable cad, George Sanders. The movie, of course, was "I Can Get it For You Wholesale." Hayward played, what else, a fiery, independent woman who didn't need a man to get ahead! Naturally, she caves in at the end and goes back to Dan to save their business, but that's a sign of the times!

[MrSharonshepard]

I just love this moive!!!!!

[09drs]

This was a real tearjerker and one of Susan's best. Does anyone know where you can buy it on DVD?

[TheAnn1948]

@09drs You can buy it at Amazon.com. I love all her movies!

[09drs]

This was a real tearjerker and one of Susan's best.

[DEBOJU930]

wonderful film lovely music, two excelent ladies, susan and vera. i adore this picture. thougth it is very sad.

[Can2053]

These were those movies that reached right inside your soul and tore at your heart. John Saxon was so handsome, and Susan Hayward was at her finest...Vera Miles' performance was brilliant. The Young and The Restless did this scene with Mrs. Chancellor and her husband, only he died in the accident, and Mrs. Chancellor blamed Jill season after sason after season. Fantastic movie.

[conchaperez]

Cheap, Vulgar and Dirty!!!!

[billbebb]

I was touring with a jazz band when this movie came out. We looked out for it in every town we played. It has such a cliche ridden script, and acted so badly, it was the highlight of our day - totally hilarious. One of the funniest films I've ever seen - the hospital bed scene at the end had us rolling in the aisles!

Eat your heart out Woody Allen & Mel Brooks.

BB

[ectorlove]

@billbebb The hospital bed scene... funny?... What is wrong with you?

[a354174]

Yes! I just bought Back Street from lovingtheclassics. Susan is amazing. If you want to buy it too just google lovingtheclassics.

[americangalbasseyfan]

@a354174 Thanks for the information. Need this old classic within my DVD collection.

[a354174]

@a354174

Oops, I actually didn't buy this one from them. I actually bought and now tomorrow from them.

They only deal in public domain films so I was not able to get Back Street (susan hayward version) from them. However I did get Back Street 1932 and 1941 from them.

[hm1107g]

over? everything over? god, her sales will go through the roof!

[WinstoneP]

He returns to try to sort things out and she is drunk driving with him in the car. They both get killed and Susan Haywood is left with his children. There was also a super soundtrack to this film.

[crisscross1985]

AHHH!!! What happened? I never got to finish the movie and I'm dieing to know!

[LADYSEASTAR]

What an AWESOME movie this was... all Susan's movies are great! I love these kinds of classics! And, John Gavin, isn't he dreamy? YES, HE IS!

[NuovoPiero]

Loafersguy, you nailed it, "the impossibly handsome John Gavin"......... I never tire of staring at his image with incredulous wonder. Has there ever been a more gorgeous man ? Thanks for posting this fabulous clip.

[tfcoleman]

I have such fond memories of watching this movie and many others with my mother whenever it came on TV during chilly Saturday autumn afternoons. We both shared a passion for these old glamor gal movies with gorgeous clothes set in fabulous homes. Thanks to whomever for posting this classic!

[cjs33139]

Damn, that John Gavin is hot!!! I never knew much about this actor. Boy, I have been missing out all these years! I'd push that woman into the fireplace and take her place in John's arms! lol

[m4modern]

The final five minutes of this movie: Rae's "flashback" imagining what her life might have been like had she not run out of gas on the way to the airport, and then Paul's children coming to visit her, and that final shot of the three of them reflected in the glass which frames Paul's portrait. I defy anyone not to shed a tear! They truly do not make films like this any more...more's the pity!

[m4modern]

I have shed so many tears over this movie for some 30 years now, ever since I first saw it on the late show as a pre-teen in the 1970s. Susan Hayward is such a fine actress that she is supremely convincing in this movie, even though the film itself walks a razor thin line between camp and serious drama. You cannot help but be swept up in the tragedy of Rae's affair. Gavin is wooden, but, oh, so pretty. You can almost understand what Susan/Rae (a real flesh and blood woman) sees in him.....

[ToughXArmy69]

Ross Hunter just about saved Universal in the late 50's and early 60's with a string of soap operas such as Imitation of Life, Portrait in Black, Madame X, Magnificent Obsession, and of course this great drama Back Street starring Susan Hayward and John Gavin. Miss Hayward gives a great performance and Ross Hunter and Universal had another great hit movie.

[09drs]

I have looked for this movie for 15 yrs, does anyone know where to get it?

[SASORI707]

A lot of great unavailable movies show up on Youtube in their entirety, chopped into 10 minute sections. If somebody with a copy of Back Street could do that, it'd work for me!

[edwardjames50]

What a pity that Universal is so reluctant to release their classics on DVD. The "suits" are under the mistaken notion that old movies don't sell. This should have been transferred YEARS ago! They also have the rights to the Paramount classic library, and they're just sitting on all these wonderful movies. Thanks for posting!

[fabhell1]

Too true. I have a bootleg copy, but it's in pan and scan, and it does not do justice to the original!!!

[thejonquil]

I like the Thanksgiving phone call when Miss Hayward delivers the lines with tears wellling and finally emotes "Save the wishbone for me." Only the greatest of actors could make it as believable and heartbreaking

[plantlvr]

I wish i had that car!

[swsalem]

Why why why has this never made it to DVD ! Its a classic

[meanfoot]

My favorite scene in the movie. Miles was perfect!!!

[doinoyou1]

I have this video and also the version with Maureen O'Sullivan/Charles Boyer... there is a third version which is even better that I cannot find..  I love this movie

[1814Brandan]

I think you mean Margaret SullAvan, don't you?

[09drs]

where did you get it? I have looked for over 15yrs

[tle1970]

Is there anyone on here that could please tell me I could possibly find the movie of Susan Hayward called "Woman Obsessed"? I have been looking everywhere for this movie but to no avail.I desperately want to own this movie so if anyone knows where I could find it please let me know.I would greatly appreciate it.

I have yet to see anyone as beautiful as Susan Hayward was.

[binkle1]

I just saw that yesterday on Fox Movie Channel! I thought she was amazing, but the chemistry between Stephen Boyd, so great in "Ben-Hur" and the peerless Hayward just wasn't there. The scenery was breathtaking! Nobody suffers on-screen like Hayward, in she was great in this movie, too!

[ChapmanGriffith]

I recall watching this movie at 13 and have never forgotten it and never will. What great performances, and demonstrative of the times. Universal is so wrong about there being no market for the great classics.

[LakewoodDallas]

Tailfin tragedy!

[edwardjames50]

Thanks for posting this clip of two of my favorite dames in one of my favorite movies. And I'm NOT a chick (LOL)!

[SalaireDeLaPeur]

What fun. I love those moments when some cruel dame presses on the gas pedal with a well-shod foot. This is one of the best - along with a similar one in Two Weeks in Another Town.

[ToughXArmy69]

Miss Hayward a great actress

[38prettysassy]

how can i watch the entire movie "Back Street" with Susan Hayward and John Gavin...

[edwardjames50]

You can't, unless you pay a fortune for a used VHS copy. Corporate Universal Studios thinks that there's no market for classic movies, so they're sitting on their library, as well as that of Paramount, whose library Universal owns the rights to.

[Plasser56]

You might be able to get it on DVD. I would try Amazon. The movie is WELL worth it. I haven't seen it in years because I just cry my eyes out each time.

Susan was my FAVORITE actress and I sure miss her BRILLIANT acting, which was so natural. She was a beautiful woman too.

[JohnnyGNV]

Right after this Mrs. Howell was so traumatized she decided to go on a 3-hour cruise and was never heard from

again.

[binkle1]

HA!

[ra86226]

Was that Natalie "Lovey Howel" Schaffer in lavander? Never saw this movie. Ross Hunter films were always a feast for the eyes

[binkle1]

Yes, it was! Ross Hunter really knew how to vamp it up, didn't he? ;)

[chloebear08]

I love this movie...A timeless classic!!!!! I love Susan Hayward and John Garvin..Just so Dam sexy and sophisticated.lol^_^

[MovieJon]

This is my FAVORITE moment (1:27) of a movie that's full of entertaining moments. Vera Miles was sensationally bitchy in this! John Gavin was to die for handsome. Susan solid as ever. "Oh, Powll..."

[cardream1]

It seems like forbidden love- is the one that can be real...amazing.

[binkle1]

OMIGAWD! My sister (LIZ!) and I absolutely loved this! It was our favorite trashy movie of all time. We must have watched it a hundred times. We'd imitate Paul whispering "Ray ... Ray ... " over the phone at the end. Why didn't you put that part in!!!

[joehop1505]

a true artist . a star is a star

[RlrbladeMan07]

Susan Hayward is one of the great actresses of Hollywood with both box office and acting greatness. This movie produced by Ross Hunter with his usual great gloss at Universal was a big hit for Susan Hayward. John Gavin a fine actor and was a stalwart at the Universal studio with many fine films as was Ms Miles. Ms. Hayward insisted on her favorite cameraman Stanley Cortez on this film. As they grow older divas are as

interested in who photographs the film as well as who directs. RIP Susan.

[WittoWed]

Oh my goodness, loafersguy! You're right! John Gavin IS impossibly handsome! (sigh!) How did I ever miss this one? I hope someone is able to post the entire film someday. Susan Hayward is so convincing in these melodramatic roles. Thanks for the clip!

[ysamats]

I love this movie -its better than cheez-whiz, really!

[Dayniac4324]

I used to love this movie - Susan was my favorite when I was young. Don't you love the way she says Paul. Gee - I've got to see this movie again. I can't figure out why TCM ignores Susan !

Thanks for this great clip !!

[UncleCharlieOakley]

Vera tears it up, doesn't she? Great stuff.

[BluesRob]

Vera Miles--brilliant. The fashion show is the best wife/other woman scene ever. "Doesn't matter how it fits, she'll never get to wear it."

[Earthangel1167]

As was My Mother and I . ty for this clip wish the whole movie was here boo hoo

[TheGeicoMan38]

My Mother was a huge fan of Susan and I love this movie myself .

I wish this was on DvD and why it's not is BS!