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To Each His Own
UNITED STATES · 1946

To Each His Own

Mitchell Leisen
illegitimate child maternal sacrifice unrequited love social stigma World War I
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Synopsis

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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