A Life of Her Own (1950)
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Directors
George Cukor
Cast
Lana Turner, Ray Milland, Tom Ewell, Louis Calhern, Ann Dvorak, Barry Sullivan, Margaret Phillips
The story
Lily Brannel James leaves her small hometown in Kansas for New York City and is hired by a modeling agency. She befriends former top model Mary Ashlon, who becomes her mentor. Mary gives Lily a ceramic shoe as a good-luck charm.
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Melodrama, drama film, melodrama
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