It is
a 1946 American drama romance film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay was written
by Charles Brackett and Jacques Théry. A young
woman bears a child out of wedlock and has to give him up.
De
Havilland won the Academy Award
for Best Actress. Brackett was nominated for Best Writing,
Original Story. The title song became a hit.
Plot
In World War II London , fire wardens Josephine
"Jody" Norris and Lord Desham keep a lonely vigil. When Jody saves
Desham's life, they become better acquainted. With a bit of coaxing, the ageing
spinster tells the story of her life, leading to a flashback.
Jody
is the belle of her small American hometown of Piersen Falls .
Both Alex Piersen and traveling salesman Mac Tilton propose to her, but she
turns them both down. A disappointed Alex marries Corinne. When handsome US Army Air Service fighter pilot
Captain Bart Cosgrove flies in to promote a World War I bond drive, he and Jody
quickly fall in love, though they have only one night together.
A
pregnant Jody is advised (out of town) that her life is in danger and she needs
an operation. She agrees, though she would lose her unborn child. When she
learns that Bart has been killed in action, she changes her mind.
She secretly
gives birth to their son in 1919. She tries to arrange it so that she can
"adopt" the boy without scandal by having him left on the doorstep of
a family with too many children already, but the scheme backfires. Corinne
loses her own newborn that same day, but is consoled by Jody's. Jody has to
love her son, named Gregory or "Griggsy," from afar.
Jody's
father dies, forcing her to sell the family drug store. When Jody asks to
become Griggsy's nurse, Corinne turns her down; she may have suspected all
along that Jody is the boy's real mother. Knowing that her husband never loved
her, Corinne is determined to keep the one person who does.
Jody
moves to New York City
to work for Mac. She discovers to her surprise that he is a bootlegger, using a cosmetics business as a
front. The same day, the place is raided by the police, leaving Mac with
nothing but the cosmetics
equipment. Jody persuades him to make cold cream; with her drive and
determination, she builds up a thriving business, and they become rich.
In
1924, she forces Corinne to give her Griggsy by threatening to block a
desperately needed bank loan for Alex's failing business. After two months,
however, the four-year-old is still so miserably homesick, Jody gives up and
sends the boy back.
Heartbroken,
Jody leaves the US
to immerse herself in work, setting up and running the English branch of her
Lady Vyvyan Cosmetics Company. During World War II, her son becomes a
pilot in the 8th Air Force. When he gets a
leave in London ,
Jody meets his train and fusses over him. He only knows her as a family friend.
Lord Desham, who is attracted to Jody, uses his influence to arrange for the
young man to marry his WREN fiancée without the customary
delay. After some broad hints from Desham, Lieutenant Pierson finally realizes
why Jody has been so helpful and asks his mother (by that title) for a dance.
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