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A girl from Kansas arrives in New York City to become a model. Her further success brings her before moral choice.A girl from Kansas arrives in New York City to become a model. Her further success brings her before moral choice.A girl from Kansas arrives in New York City to become a model. Her further success brings her before moral choice.
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- 1 nomination total
Dorothy Abbott
- Model
- (uncredited)
John Albright
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Richard Anderson
- Hosiery Man
- (uncredited)
Harry Barris
- Party Piano Player
- (uncredited)
Tom Bernard
- Adam
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe ending in the original script had washed-up model Lily James, played by Lana Turner, at forty-five years of age working as a hotel maid. The original ending as filmed had Lily James committing suicide, following in the footsteps of Mary Ashton, the older model Lily meets earlier in the film who jumps to her death from a window. After filming finished in late March 1950 the film was shown to test audiences who gave such a negative reaction to this ending that retakes were done in mid-April 1950, to provide the film with the happier ending that's used in the finished film, much to the dismay of director George Cukor.
- GoofsLily James appears as "Top Model" on the cover of a Life magazine being read by Jim Leversoe. The scene immediately dissolves to the cover of the same Life magazine in a plane with Steve Harleigh, but the cover shot of the Life magazine on the plane is an entirely different pose (but the same outfit and hairdo).
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Lily Brannel James: I can't live without you... but I'm going to. I'm gonna turn my back on ya Steve, I'm sorry.
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A LIFE OF HER OWN (1950) TCM It's 1950, it's pure melodrama, and it's anchored on the star being and staying gorgeous from beginning to end. No one does this better to me than Lana Turner and she does it again here. Someone else can spill out the plot. I mainly want to add that I watch very few dramas, and I was so hooked from the beginning that I passed up a potentially good mindless romcom for this. So Lana, her beautiful clothes, and fine acting sucked me in again, but I don't mind because she was in top form here despite the script not being up to the standard of "Imitation of Life" which is one of the greatest melodramas ever. I seriously doubt I'll ever watch this movie again, but if you love melodramas and Lana Turner, then this is a classic to see at least once.
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- The Abiding Vision
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- $1,818,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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