With a Song in My Heart

While it goes not have quite the impact of The Jolson Story, it is nevertheless a craftsmanlike job.

Just about as grandiose and mawkish as Hollywood homage can be.

Hideously schmaltzy and Hayward's not exactly anyone's idea of musical sparkle. But what songs!

While not entirely at home in the dancing accompaniment to some of the production numbers, Susan Hayward punches over the straight vocal-simulation and deftly handles the dramatic phases.

A chronicle of her life doesn’t ever really rise to the occasion of movie-worthy&#59; her specific misfortune seems utterly negligible in the realm of theatrical adversities.

Five-time Oscar nominee Hayward, as always, gives her best, making With a Song in My Heart a satisfying film on all levels.

An immensely popular movie, finely performed and intelligently crafted, and typical of the 20th Century-Fox period biopic at its professional best.