To Each His Own (1946) :
Brief Review -
Watch Legend Olivia De Havilland giving one of her finest performances ever as Mitchell Leisen gives a 'Birth to a Mother' in this watchable soapy pulp. Yes, your daily soap pulp can be watchable too and here's the proof. To Each His Own fumbles big time in the beginning, actually in the entire first to be precise, but covers a lot in the second half. It's a soapy story of a young woman who bears a child out of wedlock and has to give him up to avoid scandal. Her mothership craves for the love of her child but the child is gone far away and it's too late. Firstly, I couldn't quite digest the idea of her being pregnant. The girl who has a couple of boys hanging around her keeps herself out of it for some reasons which she herself doesn't know. Just a 2 minutes meeting with some Pilot and she is in that much love to produce a child with him. How illogical was that part, well, don't ask me. The second thing I didn't understand was why didn't she find someone else to marry or why didn't she run away with the child? The beginning of this entire great-looking thought isn't really great at all. That scandal part was out of the question after the so-called trick she played. Corinne's character was a nice getaway through this mess though. The second half shows improvements and this average soap turns into a watchable drama. The climax seems rushed and done. Olivia de Havilland's act makes it even more watchable, almost upto 'A Must See' level. Brackett's writing has not one or two but plenty of beautiful scenes that I will remember for a long time. One such scene is that railway station scene towards the end. The mother is hungry for his love and all that the fella cares about is his girl and you know what, the mother can't help it. In a nutshell, it's a soapy script but it does provide you some memorable scenes, a rare one to do so. Besides, Olivia's performance takes it one level UP!
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
Watch Legend Olivia De Havilland giving one of her finest performances ever as Mitchell Leisen gives a 'Birth to a Mother' in this watchable soapy pulp. Yes, your daily soap pulp can be watchable too and here's the proof. To Each His Own fumbles big time in the beginning, actually in the entire first to be precise, but covers a lot in the second half. It's a soapy story of a young woman who bears a child out of wedlock and has to give him up to avoid scandal. Her mothership craves for the love of her child but the child is gone far away and it's too late. Firstly, I couldn't quite digest the idea of her being pregnant. The girl who has a couple of boys hanging around her keeps herself out of it for some reasons which she herself doesn't know. Just a 2 minutes meeting with some Pilot and she is in that much love to produce a child with him. How illogical was that part, well, don't ask me. The second thing I didn't understand was why didn't she find someone else to marry or why didn't she run away with the child? The beginning of this entire great-looking thought isn't really great at all. That scandal part was out of the question after the so-called trick she played. Corinne's character was a nice getaway through this mess though. The second half shows improvements and this average soap turns into a watchable drama. The climax seems rushed and done. Olivia de Havilland's act makes it even more watchable, almost upto 'A Must See' level. Brackett's writing has not one or two but plenty of beautiful scenes that I will remember for a long time. One such scene is that railway station scene towards the end. The mother is hungry for his love and all that the fella cares about is his girl and you know what, the mother can't help it. In a nutshell, it's a soapy script but it does provide you some memorable scenes, a rare one to do so. Besides, Olivia's performance takes it one level UP!
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.