My Own True Love (1948)
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Synopsis of My Own True Love
After supervising several of the best "psychological" horror films ever made, producer Val Lewton shifted his base of operations from RKO to Paramount. Lewton's first project at his new studio -- and the last -- was My Own True Love, an uncharacteristically sentimental offering. Based on the novel by Yolanda Foldes, the story focuses on the romantic dilemma facing ex-POW Joan Clews (Phyllis Calvert). On the verge of marrying middle-aged Clive Heath (Melvyn Douglas), Joan is introduced to Heath's war-veteran son Michael (Philip Friend). Sympathizing with Michael's wartime loss of his Malayan wife and child, Joan falls in love with him. Unwilling to betray his own father, Michael elects to commit suicide, but that's not quite how things turn out. My Own True Love is proof positive that romantic melodrama was not Val Lewton's forte. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of My Own True Love
- Queenie Leonard - Woman
- Wilson Benge - Waiter
- Phyllis Calvert - Joan Clews
- Leslie Denison - Man
- Melvyn Douglas - Clive Heath
- Phillip Friend - Michael Heath
- Leyland Hodgson - Taxi Driver
- Miriam Jordan - Miss Robinson
- Phyllis Morris - Mrs. Peach
- Arthur Shields - Iverson
- Norma Varden - Red Cross Nurse
- Richard Webb - Corporal
- William Meader - Room Clerk
- T. Arthur Hughes - Doorman
- Binnie Barnes - Geraldine
- Clifford Brooke - Coffee Stall Proprietor
- Peter Coe - Rene
- George Douglas - Cutter
- Jean Fenwick - Corporal
- Wanda Hendrix - Sheila Heath
- Robin Hughes - English Officer
- Mary MacLaren - Women-Nissen Hut
- Alan Napier - Kittredge
- David Thursby - Mechanic
- Erno Verebes - Captain of Waiters
- Patrick Whyte - Flight Lieutenant
- Betty Fairfax
- Joseph Marr - Proprietor
- Director(s):
- Compton Bennett
- Writer(s):
- Josef Mischel, Theodore Strauss, Arthur Kober
- Producer(s):
- Val Lewton
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