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Her father, a top name in musical comedy in the UK, encouraged her to perform at an early age. He built a backyard theatre for Lupino and her sister Rita (1921–2016), who also became an actress and dancer. [6] Lupino wrote her first play at age seven and toured with a travelling theatre company as a child. [7]
Lupino's major symptoms persisted for only a brief period of time, leaving her with minor problems in her leg and hand. She remained a supporter of causes to fight the disease, and Never Fear was released in 1949, the year with America's highest-ever recorded total of polio cases. [ 2 ]
Unrelated dancer George Hook (George Hook Lupino, 1820–1902) assumed the surname Lupino after working with members of the Lupino family. He became famous in the role of Harlequin and married Rosina Sophia Proctor (1831–1908) and had 16 children, at least 10 of whom became professional dancers, two of them marrying into the family of Sara Lane, manager of the Britannia Theatre Hoxton.
The Hard Way is a 1943 Warner Bros. musical drama film starring Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, and Joan Leslie.Directed by Vincent Sherman, it is based on a story by Irwin Shaw which was reportedly based on Ginger Rogers' relationship with her first husband Jack Pepper (whom she married in 1928 at age 17) and her mother Lela.
Mary Ann Anderson's book delivers new details about legendary actress, director, and producer Ida Lupino.
Leonard Maltin's TV Movies & Video Guide ranks the film as "Average", stating that "Good production tries hard, but script is unbelievable, performances uneven", while the write-up in Michael Weldon's Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film opens with "The first women's prison TV-movie stars Ida Lupino as a sadistic warden (see Women's Prison of '55)."
In his review, Richard Brody of The New Yorker glowingly lauded the film and Lupino's direction saying, Lupino turns prudish Hollywood conventions into a crucial part of the story: just as the word "rape" is never spoken in the movie, Ann is prevented from talking about her experience, and, spurred by the torment of her enforced silence and the ...
Richard Brody of The New Yorker in a glowing review lauded the film and Lupino's direction, writing, Lupino displays a documentary avidity for the details of work and play. She conveys Sally’s unworldly, impractical passion with tender, intimate closeups and an intense, effects-driven subjectivity—a hallucinatory sequence in a hospital is a ...