To Each His Own (1946)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Mitchell Leisen

Writers:

Charles Brackett (story)
Charles Brackett (writer) ...

Release Date:

12 March 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A Great Picture! You'll Thrill to Every Moment!

Plot:

During World War I, small-town girl Josephine Norris has an illegitimate son by an itinerant pilot....

Plot Keywords:

Pilot | World War | Small Town | Cosmetics | Small Town Life

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Olivia de Havilland	...	Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris (as Olivia De Havilland)
Mary Anderson	...	Corinne Piersen
Roland Culver	...	Lord Desham
Phillip Terry	...	Alex Piersen
Bill Goodwin	...	Mac Tilton
Virginia Welles	...	Liz Lorimer
Victoria Horne	...	Nurse Daisy Gingras
Griff Barnett	...	Daniel Norris
Alma Macrorie	...	Belle Ingram
Bill Ward	...	Gregory (younger)
Frank Faylen	...	Babe
Willard Robertson	...	Dr. Hunt
Arthur Loft	...	Bernadock Clinton
Virginia Farmer	...	Mrs. Cora Clinton
Doris Lloyd	...	Miss Pringle

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Germany:16 | Finland:S | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Sivakamyin Selvan (1974)

A Superior Soap Opera

To Each His Own covers more than twenty years in the life of Josephine "Jody" Norris (Olivia DeHavilland), a successful American-born businesswoman now working in London as an air raid warden. Jody thinks back to an earlier time in her life when she had fallen in love with a handsome WWI fighter pilot named Bart Cosgrove (John Lund, in his motion picture debut). Shortly after she becomes pregnant by Cosgrove, Jody learns he has been killed in action. To avoid public scandal, she concocts a scheme to keep her child, but it backfires. Her son, who becomes a fighter pilot like his late father, doesn't know who his real mother is. But Jody's confidante, Lord Desham (Roland Culver, in a wonderfully understated performance), does, and he believes it's his duty to right the situation. A superior soap opera, the film is deftly directed by Mitchell Leisen and features restrained, impressive performances by the entire cast. For her efforts as Jody, deHavilland won the 1946 Oscar for Best Actress. Victor Young's music is never overbearing, and Charles Brackett and Jacques Thery's screenplay is wise and intelligently written.