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Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during a heated argument with her sister, Joan. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister, Penny, Gail goes in search of her biological mother and true identity.
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Gail Macaulay
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Chuck
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Joan Macaulay
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Lois Macaulay
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Gert Lynch
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Fred Macaulay
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Penny Macaulay
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Frank
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Zaza
Jessica Grayson ...
Violet (as Jessie Grayson)
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Bert
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Gwendolyn (as Rita Hamilton)
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Jim Lynch
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Arthur Berkeley ...
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Boy at Birthday Party (uncredited)
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Betty Jeanne Glennie ...
Student (uncredited)
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Man at Graduation (uncredited)
Marlene Kisker ...
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Harold Lloyd Jr. ...
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Allen Mathews ...
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Rodger Terry ...
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Jim Toney ...
Poker Player (uncredited)
Thelma Wunder ...
Poker Player (uncredited)

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David Miller

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F. Hugh Herbert ... (written by)

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Samuel Goldwyn ... producer

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Victor Young

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Lee Garmes ... director of photography

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Sherman Todd

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Richard Day

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Julia Heron

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Marie Clark ... hair stylist
Robert Stephanoff ... makeup artist (as Blagoe Stephanoff)

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Raoul Pagel ... production manager (uncredited)

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Eddie Garvin ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Fred Lau ... sound recordist

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Ralph Hoge ... grip (uncredited)
Vic Jones ... gaffer (uncredited)
John Miehle ... still photographer (uncredited)
Harry Webb ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Mary Wills ... costumer

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Sidney Cutner ... musical arranger
Leo Shuken ... musical arranger
Victor Young ... conductor (uncredited)

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Jerry Bryan ... script supervisor (uncredited)

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Samuel Goldwyn ... presenter
Batami Schneider ... dialogue director
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Plot Summary

The Macaulays - husband and wife Fred and Lois, and their three daughters, seventeen year old high school senior Gail, sixteen year old Joan and nine year old Penny - are a typical upper middle class family living in Los Angeles. Their general love for each other is nonetheless infiltrated by standard sibling rivalry with Penny being the pest, and Joan being envious of everything that Gail, as the oldest teetering on the brink of womanhood, has. At this stage of their lives, what Joan wants most of Gail's is her serious boyfriend Chuck, a television installer, with who Joan openly flirts. Joan's pursuit of Chuck is despite she having her own doting casual boyfriend Bert, someone more appropriate for her age. Chuck is someone Fred and Lois approve of if and when Gail ends up deciding that she wants to marry. Within this situation, Fred and Lois have kept a secret from their daughters that they long ago decided that they wanted to keep secret from them forever: that Gail is adopted. On Gail's eighteenth birthday, days before she is set to graduate from high school, the commencement where she is scheduled to give a speech as class vice-president, Joan learns the secret, and in a fit of acute jealousy blurts it out to Gail, the information which Fred and Lois cannot deny. This information not only affects Gail in her relationship with her family, especially her parents and Joan, but also with Chuck and how she approaches graduation in her injured psyche. This situation becomes even more complex when Gail decides to take her parents up on something they can probably arrange: a meeting with her biological mother, someone that they themselves have never met. Written by Huggo

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Taglines SAMUEL GOLDWYN'S unforgettable, compelling entertainment triumph! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Commencement (United States)
  • Beloved Over All (United States)
  • Celle de nulle part (France)
  • Vida de mi vida (Spain)
  • Du er vår egen (Norway)
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Trivia Film debuts of Kipp Hamilton (as Rita Hamilton) and Phyllis Kirk. See more »
Goofs Mrs. Macaulay tells Joan her birth certificate is in a "sealed" box. There is a lock on the box, but Joan opens it without a key. Her mother never mentions needing a key. There is a very good reason that box should have been locked. Mr. Macaulay produces a key later and locks the box. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Edge of Doom (1950). See more »
Soundtracks Happy Birthday See more »
Quotes Penny Macaulay: [about Chuck] He really is awfully cute, isn't he?
Joan Macaulay: [feigning ignorance] Who?
Penny Macaulay: [exasperated] President Truman!
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