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1952 (West Germany)
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Who is the real Mother of this Child? The woman who gave it life... or the woman who gave it love?
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Louise Mason is a young widow who fills her empty life with the task of becoming a children's nurse...
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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53 years old and still going strong
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jane Wyman | ... | Louise Mason | |
| Charles Laughton | ... | Fred K. Begley | |
| Joan Blondell | ... | Annie Rawlins | |
| Richard Carlson | ... | Gerald Kean | |
| Agnes Moorehead | ... | Mrs. Palfrey | |
| Don Taylor | ... | Dr. Robert Palfrey | |
| Audrey Totter | ... | Helen Williams | |
| Cyril Cusack | ... | Frank Hutchins | |
| Everett Sloane | ... | District Attorney | |
| Natalie Wood | ... | Stephanie Rawlins | |
| Vivian Vance | ... | Alicia | |
| Carleton G. Young | ... | Henry Palfrey | |
| Alan Napier | ... | Prof. George Carter | |
| Warner Anderson | ... | Bill Parker | |
| Les Tremayne | ... | Joplin |
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113 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Producer Jerry Wald hoped to coax Greta Garbo out of retirement for this role. He was unsuccessful.
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Edited into "Falcon Crest: Desperation (#6.28)" (1987)
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Daddy
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After searching for 21 years I finally got a copy, albeit not a great one, but at least I got to see it. Jane Wyman as the self sacrificing nursemaid makes your heart break and eyes water as she puts her "children" ahead of her for her entire life. After losing her own baby shortly after birth and being a widow with no skills, she goes to an employment agency where she is encouraged to take a 2-3 week stint with a new born. Understandably she is hesitant but accepts and in what will become a pattern for her, has to move on to new children. The last one is a heartbreaker, after raising a child for 8 years, she has to give him back to his mother and stepfather who finally resurfaced after spending time in England during and after the war. Now she is elderly, and winds up cleaning in a school just to be around children. When her eyesight fails, the doctor she goes to turns out to be one of her "children". She recognizes his name and tells him who she is. He invites her to his home for dinner the next week where he gives her the greatest surprise imaginable. I recommend doing whatever you have to in order to see this movie.