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To Each His Own

1946 · 122 min

A sweeping, tear-stained melodrama that moves you through decades of quiet longing and sacrifice, lush and heartfelt.

Tagline
A Great Picture! You'll Thrill to Every Moment!
Overview
During World War I, small-town girl Josephine Norris has an illegitimate son by an itinerant pilot. After a scheme to adopt him ends up giving him to another family, she devotes her life to loving him from afar.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • love
  • grief
  • identity
  • class
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mitchell Leisen
Written by
Charles Brackett, Jacques Théry
Starring
Olivia de Havilland, John Lund, Mary Anderson, Roland Culver, Phillip Terry, Bill Goodwin, Virginia Welles, Victoria Horne
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
122 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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