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Writer:
F. Hugh Herbert (writer)
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Release Date:
27 July 1950 (USA) more
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Tagline:
SAMUEL GOLDWYN'S unforgettable, compelling entertainment triumph!
Plot:
Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during a heated argument with her sister, Joan... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
Horror Legend Kirk Dies at 79
 (From WENN. 23 October 2006)

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Cast

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Ann Blyth ... Gail Macaulay
Farley Granger ... Chuck
Joan Evans ... Joan Macaulay
Jane Wyatt ... Mrs. Fred (Lois) Macaulay
Ann Dvorak ... Mrs. Gert Lynch
Donald Cook ... Fred Macaulay

Natalie Wood ... Penny Macaulay
Gus Schilling ... Frank, TV Repairman
Phyllis Kirk ... Zaza
Jessica Grayson ... Violet
Martin Milner ... Bert
Rita Hamilton ... Gwendolyn
Ray Teal ... Mr. Jim Lynch
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Fun Stuff

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Rita Hamilton and Phyllis Kirk's debut film. more

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Adoption Story, 5 July 2007
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Author: whpratt1 from United States

Enjoyed this 1950 film that deals with a family named Maccaulay that is very happy together growing up and Gail Macaulay, (Ann Blyth) is about to graduate from high school. Gail has a boyfriend, Chuck, (Farley Granger) and this couple are very much in love with each other and everything was going just fine in Gail life. However, Gail's sister wants to get working papers so she can have a job at the age of sixteen years and goes through papers in her mother's desk and finds adoption papers concerning her sister Gail. Once this adoption becomes known to Gail and she finds out this family she has been living with becomes total strangers to Gail mentally and physically. This story takes many twists and turns and if you look close, you will see Natalie Wood appearing as Penny Maccaulay the youngest sister to Gail. The moral to this story is tell a person they are adopted when the child is old enough to understand and explain why and how much you love them just like their own daughter or son.

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