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A Life of Her Own is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Cukor released in USA on 1 september 1950 with Lana Turner
A Life of Her Own (1950)
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Add to a movie listA Life of Her Own is a 1950 American melodrama film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Isobel Lennart focuses on an aspiring model who leaves her small town in the Midwest to seek fame and fortune in New York City. The film was produced by Voldemar Vetluguin and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Lily Brannel James leaves her small home town in Kansas for New York City, and she is hired by the Thomas Caraway Model Agency. She befriends former top model Mary Ashlon, who becomes her mentor. Mary is depressed about her foundering career and, following a night of excessive drinking, she commits suicide.Actors
Lana Turner
(Lily Brannel James)
Ray Milland
(Steve Harleigh)
Louis Calhern
(Jim Leversoe)
Ann Dvorak
(Mary Ashlon)
Barry Sullivan
(Lee Gorrance)
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