this be a great movie i remember watch on tv when i be young . i haven not see it since i be 15 and but i love it . basically the premise be that lauren bacall adopt a young girl she a great mum and and try to provide her with a nice life and but the new daughter be try desperately to impress the stoic father ( robert stack ) which be not easy . nothing evelyn do work and you feel so sorry for her and she so cute and when we be young we felt so sorry for her . the scene where evelyn rudie clean robert stack blackboard to be helpful and only to find that she have erase month of stack work on important math formula ( i can not remember but i think he an astronomer ) be tragic to watch . a it turn out and they do become close eventually for tragic reason the scene of evelyn rudie run close to the cliff near the beach by their home still haunt me . i have try to find this on dvd and vhs with no luck so if you see it on tv watch it .