Review of To Each His Own (1946) by Ashley H — 09 Dec 2010
A really good melodrama starring Olivia de Havilland as a woman who falls in love with a young soldier. He is killed in battle before they can marry, leaving de Havilland to raise the child alone. She gives her child up for adoption. After becoming successful in the cosmetic business she later on in life comes face to face with her grown son. She resists to tell him her real identity but with the help of an old British peer they are brought back together.
It is a movie that is quite soapy but not so much that one will be turned off by it. Olivia de Havilland's exquisite performance as a woman who gives up her son and later is brought together with him is one of the greatest performances by an actress. She deservedly won the Oscar for Best Actress, an award that was even sweeter since it was her first film after a forced 2 year long hiatus. Her performance in this film is closely matched by her later performance in The Heiress, for which she would earn her second Oscar, as the best of her brilliant career. Credit also belongs to the talented supporting cast, the screenwriter Charles Brackett and Mitchel Leisen's unpretentious, sensitive style of direction. Highly recommended viewing. 8/10.
This review of To Each His Own (1946) was written by Ashley H on 09 Dec 2010.
To Each His Own has generally received positive reviews.
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