Not content with her current situation, an attractive black woman named "Clara" (Juanita Brown) leaves her job and her boyfriend "Skully" (Damu King) behind in Gary, Indiana and heads out to Hollywood to fulfil her dreams of being a movie star. Unfortunately, things don't work out too well at first as she soon loses all of her money and has to make ends meet working as a dry cleaner in a laundry. It's there that she meets another aspiring actress by the name of "Joyce" (Diane Holden) who does her best to help guide her through the alluring--but highly deceptive--world of Hollywood. The problem, however, is that Clara is extremely strong-willed and her refusal to sometimes listen to Joyce creates all kinds of difficulties for her in certain situations. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that I liked the overall plot and I figured that, with such a beautiful actress like Juanita Brown, the film would be relatively easy to make as all of the pieces would fall into place rather easily. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case as the low-budget nature of the film was quite evident throughout the course of the movie--with poor editing and overall weak direction being the end result. In short, what should have been a good picture turned out to be rather boring and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.
