A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own (1950)

Lana...as Lily James...a girl who knew what she wanted...and almost got it!

A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.

Date of release
1950-09-01
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Drama
Director
George Cukor

Casting

Interesting facts

A Life of Her Own is a 1950 American melodrama film directed by George Cukor and starring Lana Turner and Ray Milland. 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.

Production

The story was loosely adapted from British author Rebecca West's story "The Abiding Vision" from her 1935 book The Harsh Voice: Four Short Novels. Motion Picture Production Code administrator Joseph Breen rejected the original script as unacceptable, terming it "shocking and highly offensive" for its portrayal of "adultery and commercialized prostitution," while a revised version was found to have "insufficient compensating moral values." In orde…

Vincente Minnelli was originally assigned to direct the film, but numerous script revisions and problems with casting delayed the start of production by several months, and Minnelli began work on Father of the Bride instead. Lana Turner initially refused to star in the film, but MGM executives Louis B. Mayer and Dore Schary demanded that she honor her contract with the studio.

The film's original ending had Lily leaping to her death, but the studio insisted on a happier finale. Cukor disapproved of the studio's interference and was unhappy with the film as it was released.

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