MEANINGFUL MOVIE: The negative effects of POVERTY. Underprivileged Mom tries to raise her son alone - their only friends are also poor - One a lawyer who became an alcoholic, another man has no legs, a singer hooked on dope, a prostitute etc. But the ONE THING the Mom does that will eventually get the boy OUT of the ghetto is she pays for his piano lessons & he becomes a great CLASSICAL PIANIST which will eventually save him from this. Watch how lover Ricardo Montalban gets Shelley Winter's hooked on heroin - so sad. It's dramatic, true to ife - believe me, being in show business all my life I saw all this. Also experienced abuse & exploitation, also poverty but in time, God gave me wealth. I've lived on both sides of the track & poverty is USUALLY NOT the fault of the poor! I identify with the Mom who had to work as a 'B girl' raising a child alone - I worked as a Stripper raising my child alone. No family help - in fact, they TRIED TO TAKE MY CHILD AWAY FROM ME! {My Mom & her allies} & I lived from week to week, no cushion, like this poor Mom - UNTIL in middle age, I started my own business,
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