Our Very Own

Jul 27, 1950

1h 33m

★ 5.7

SAMUEL GOLDWYN'S unforgettable, compelling entertainment triumph!

Overview

During a heated argument with her sister Joan, Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister Penny, Gail goes in search of her biological mother and true identity.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

RKO Radio Pictures

The Samuel Goldwyn Company

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Cast

Gail Macaulay

Ann Blyth

Chuck

Farley Granger

Joan Macaulay

Joan Evans

Lois Macaulay

Jane Wyatt

Gert Lynch

Ann Dvorak

Fred Macaulay

Donald Cook

Penny Macaulay

Natalie Wood

Frank

Gus Schilling

Zaza

Phyllis Kirk

Violet

Jessica Grayson

Bert

Martin Milner

Gwendolyn

Kipp Hamilton

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6.2

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7.1

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7.4

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6.8

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6.2

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5.4

Tower. A Bright Day.

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6.0

Joy

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Every major social problem that plagues our nation today can be traced back to one root cause: Fatherlessness. For instance, 71% of pregnant teenagers live in a fatherless home. Additionally, 85% of young men in prison grew up without a dad. They are not stats, they are desperate for stability. From small town American to the heart of New York City, 'Becoming Sons & Daughters' tells the stories of people who are stepping into the lives of fatherless kids. Through adoption, mentoring, and simply paying attention, these men and women are planting hope and security. They are giving kids a future and helping them become sons and daughters.

6.4

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A beautiful and naive college freshman discovers that her entire life is a lie and sets out on a road trip with a host of misfits to discover herself and the answers she craves.

3.0

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6.0

Too Close to the Sun

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A magistrate investigating a fraud case discovers the woman is the biological mother of her adopted child. Instead of recusing herself, the magistrate pursues the case further.

6.0

Mother's Day

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Sandy is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse's parents don't know that she has a family or that her sister, Gabi is married to a woman. Jesse's friend, Kristin, is juggling motherhood of a toddler, a patient boyfriend who keeps proposing, and searching for her biological mother. Bradley is a widower who's trying to raise two daughters on his own, while Miranda is too busy with her career to worry about children. When their respective problems intersect and start coming to a head, the Mother's Day holiday takes on a special meaning for all.

5.8

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Julie must disclose her family's medical history before undergoing major surgery: when she questions her family, she discovers that she was adopted and, later, that her conception was the product of a rape.

3.2

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4.8

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Coring, a gay beautician, is left with a baby by his former ward, Dennis. The baby grows up thinking that Coring is his real father. Everything seems to be smooth until the kid's mother suddenly shows up to claim her son.

6.0

Alice T.

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Alice, a buoyant and impertinent red-hair teenager is far from the charming little girl her mother adopted as she was unable to have a child of her own. Being an endless source of problems and affected by the specter of her mother’s disappointments, Alice acts with her back against the wall, forging lies and blurring lines between the fiction she designs for herself and the reality of her existence. Until her mother discovers she is pregnant.