To Each His Own (film)
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Mitchell Leisen |
| Produced by | Charles Brackett |
| Written by | Charles Brackett (story) Jacques Théry Dodie Smith (uncredited) |
| Starring |
Olivia de Havilland Mary Anderson John Lund |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Edited by | Alma Macrorie |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Release date
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March 12, 1946 |
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Running time
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122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3.6 million (US rentals) |
To Each His Own is a 1946 American romantic drama film. It was directed by Mitchell Leisen, and stars Olivia de Havilland, Mary Anderson, Roland Culver, and John Lund in his first on-screen appearance, where he played dual roles as father and son. The screenplay was written by Charles Brackett and Jacques Théry. A young woman bears a child out of wedlock and has to give him up.
De Havilland won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Brackett and Théry were nominated for Best Writing, Original Story.
In World War II London, fire wardens Josephine "Jody" Norris (Olivia de Havilland) and Lord Desham (Roland Culver) keep a lonely vigil. When Jody saves Desham's life, they become better acquainted. With a bit of coaxing, the ageing spinster tells the story of her life, leading to a flashback.
Jody is the belle of her small American hometown of Piersen Falls. Both Alex Piersen (Phillip Terry) and traveling salesman Mac Tilton (Bill Goodwin) propose to her. However, she turns them both down. A disappointed Alex marries Corinne (Mary Anderson). When handsome US Army Air Service fighter pilot Captain Bart Cosgrove (John Lund) flies in to promote a World War I bond drive, he and Jody quickly fall in love, though they have only one night together.
A pregnant Jody is advised (out of town) that her life is in danger and she needs an operation. She agrees, though she would lose her unborn child. However, when she learns that Bart has been killed in action, she changes her mind. She secretly gives birth to their son in 1919. She tries to arrange it so that she can "adopt" the boy without scandal by having him left on the doorstep of a family with too many children already, but the scheme backfires. Corinne loses her own newborn that same day, but is consoled by Jody's. Jody has to love her son, named Gregory or "Griggsy," from afar.
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