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The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

A successful cosmetics tycoon (Olivia de Havilland) goes on a flashback of her life story as she mans her assigned post during a bombing raid in 1944 London. This trip takes us to her youthful days as the beautiful daughter working in her father's pharmacy in small-town New York state where she's the prize for a couple of suitors, but falls for a barnstorming WWI pilot (John Lund) and ends up having a son out of wedlock. The prevailing morals make keeping the child out of the question, but her love for her son is at the center of the film, as is her emerging success as a businesswoman which allows her financial independence which opens more doors for her character. This role won de Havilland the Oscar for best actress and it is a great part which shows a woman taking on her times and succeeding in doing so.

"To Each His Own" is a 1946 film starring Olivia de Havilland, John Lund, Mary Anderson, and Roland Culver. The story is told in flashback, with Jody Norris (de Havilland), now in London during World War II, remembering her past while waiting for a train.Jody is a young, pretty girl in World War I when Captain Bart Cosgrove, a pilot, flies into town for a bond rally. The two fall in love; he returns to service, intending to be with her after the war. However, he dies in action. Then Jody learns that she is pregnant. She comes from a small town, so she goes to New York to have her baby. She and a nurse arrange for the nurse to keep her baby and then, once Jody has been back in town, the nurse will come to town and leave the baby on the doorstep of a family that already has a bunch of children. Jody will then offer to take the child, and she doesn't see a problem with them agreeing. The best laid plans. What happens alters the course of Jody's life and the life of her child.A very sweet film with an absolutely brilliant performance by Olivia de Havilland, who ages from a young, vibrant woman to a hard, lonely workaholic. de Havilland's quiet beauty and pleasant speaking voice made her perfect for Melanie, but she was capable of so much more, as evidenced here.Mary Anderson plays Corinne Piersen, and she gives the other standout performance. Everyone is good. Roland Culver, as Lord Desham, is especially charming.This warm, satisfying story is a wonderful watch. Imagine hiding that you're pregnant and unmarried today.

Olivia de Havilland won the Oscar for best actress in 1947 for "To Each his Own" a tearjerker, made in 1946. She was one of the great actresses of the day when movies were worth going to see. She made many good movies such as "Hush hush sweet Charlotte, Snake Pit are two good ones.They were released on DVD. But "To each his own is one of my personal favourites. 430 people on IMDb.com have rated this movie highly at 8/10 as of Sept./08, so why on earth has this good movie never been released on DVD. I am lucky to have it on video, but would rather have the DVD. In "To each His own", Olivia is Jody Norris, a small town girl working in her fathers store. She meets a handsome young air force pilot and they fall in love. He leaves to go to war and Olivia finds herself going to be a single mother. In those days young women were isolated and not supported when having a baby out of wedlock. Nothing like today. Olivia has a lot of heartache to go through, has the baby but faces further heartbreak. Her life moves on after she has the baby, who she was not able to keep, but I won't say any more. Get a hanky out for the ending. Studios, one of you need to get this movie out on DVD. If you can release a lot of junky movies on DVD, you can release this good classic on DVD. It would sell well. I'm tired waiting and getting older by the day. I've got about 100 good DVD movies, and need the DVD of this one as soon as possible.

Olivia De Havilland's first Oscar came for "To Each His Own."After a one night stand with a pilot, De Havilland, a small town girl with intelligence and moral fortitude, finds herself in trouble.Giving the child up is the most heart rendering thing imaginable to view.Years later as the world enters World War 11, in a chance meeting, De Havilland meets the child, now a grown man and in the army as well.Through the years, when they did meet, he could never imagine why she would cling to him.With his wedding approaching, De Havilland attends it in London, where she now resides. When the son realizes who she is, he brought many a tear to the eye when he says, "May I have this dance, mother?"Well done tear-jerker. A bold step in tackling the concept of illegitimacy; although, we saw this concept as early as 1932 in "The Sin of Madelon Claudet." Heroine Helen Hayes got an Oscar for that one as well. What does that tell you about Hollywood and socially controversial topics?