None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
- Starring:
- Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, (more)
- Director(s):
- Clifford Odets
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
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Cary Grant delivered Oscar-calibre performances all his life, but only when he played against type in None But the Lonely Heart did the Academy Awards people break down and give him a nomination. Grant plays a restless, irresponsible cockney who seeks a better life but doesn't seem to have the emotional wherewithal to work for such a life. The hero's shiftlessness extends to his love life; musician Jane Wyatt genuinely cares for him, but he prefers the company of fickle gangster's ex-wife June Duprez. June's former husband George Coulouris convinces Grant that the quickest means to wealth is a life of crime, but Grant drops this aspect of his life to take care of his terminally ill mother Ethel Barrymore. While Cary Grant did not win the Oscar he so richly deserved for None But the Lonely Heart, Ethel Barrymore did cop the gold statuette. Written and directed by Clifford Odets, None But the Lonely Heart unfortunately lost money for RKO, which could have used a little extra cash after paying the expenses of temporarily closing Ms. Barrymore's Broadway play The Corn is Green. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Cary Grant - Ernie Mott
- Barry Fitzgerald - Twite
- Jane Wyatt - Aggie Hunter
- Polly Bailey - Ma Floom
- Rosemary La Planche - Dancer
- George Coulouris - Jim Mordinoy
- William Challee - Knocker
- Charles Irwin - Cop at Crash
- Herbert Heywood - Dad Fitchitt
- Helena Grant - Old Woman in Shop
- Konstantin Shayne - Ike Weber
- Al Murphy - Henchman
- Forrester Harvey - Bloke
- Katherine Allen - Millie Wilson
- George Atkinson - Man with Gramophone
- Roman Bohnen - Dad Pettyjohn
- Herbert Evans - Police Sergeant
- Ted Billings - Cockney Bum
- Skelton Knaggs - Slush
- Renie Riano - Flo
- Chef Joseph Milani - Rossi
- Virginia Farmer - Ma Segwiss
- Ida Shoemaker - Old Lady
- Colin Kenny - Cop Outside
- Bill Wolfe - Blind Man
- Ernie Shield - Man
- Helene Thimig - Sister Nurse
- Ethel Barrymore - Ma Mott
- June Duprez - Ada
- Dan Duryea - Lew Tate
- Marie de Becker - Mme. La Vaka
- Amelia Romano - Lame Girl
- Diedra Vale - Miss Tate
- David Clyde - Policeman with Stripes
- Tiny Jones - Woman
- Rosalind Ivan - Mrs. Tate
- Billy O'Leary - Cab Driver
- Elsa Prescott - Old Lady
- Joe North - Old Man
- Roy Thomas - Rookie Policeman
- Walter Soderling - Pa Floom
- Clare Verdera - Barmaid
- Yorke Sherwood - Call Block Cop
- Queenie Vassar - Ma Snowden
- Art Smith - Marjoriebanks
- Joseph Vitale - Cash
- Milton Wallace - Ike Lesser
- Alec Harford - Drunk
- Eva Leonard Boyne - Ma Chalmers
- Keith Hitchcock - Roly Poly Man
- David Thursby - Prison Guard
- John Meredith - Cop
- Morton Lowry - Taz
- Director(s):
- Clifford Odets
- Writer(s):
- Clifford Odets
- Producer(s):
- David Hempstead
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Suitable for Children)
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- 1944 - None But the Lonely Heart - National Board of Review - Best Acting
- 1944 - None But the Lonely Heart - National Board of Review - Best Acting
- 1944 - None But the Lonely Heart - National Board of Review - Best Picture
- 1944 - None But the Lonely Heart - New York Times - 10 Best Films
