A Life of Her Own
A Life of Her Own is a 1950 American melodrama film directed by George Cukor. 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.
Plot
Lily Brannel James leaves her small home town in Kansas for New York City, and she is hired by the Thomas Caraway Model Agency. She befriends former top model Mary Ashlon, who becomes her mentor. Mary is depressed about her foundering career and, following a night of excessive drinking, she commits suicide.
Lily eventually becomes a very successful model. As a favor to her attorney friend Jim Leversoe, she spends some time with Steve Harleigh, a Montana copper-mine owner in New York on business. The two fall in love, but both realize nothing can come of it. After Steve goes home, he has Jim buy Lily a bracelet, but she refuses to accept it.
Lily finds that success does not fill the void in her life. When Steve returns to New York to secure a loan, he runs into her. He tells her he is married. His wife Nora was left a paraplegic in an automobile accident for which he was responsible. Despite this, their feelings for each other are too strong, and they embark on an affair.
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A Life Of Her Own
by: Television PersonalitiesShe sits alone in the kitchen
With her memories and photographs
Of all the better times she's had
When she was young the days seemed short
So much to do so little time
But now the days just seem to pass her by
So she cries she takes a pill
Then another, calls her mother
"Mother can you baby sit tonight?"
The children scream her husband doesn't care
So many times she's wished he wasn't there
In the morning does the washing up
The fish and chips the children left
She scrapes away into the bin
Four o'clock they're home from school
They scream and shout her life they rule
She dreams of holidays and better things
So she cries she takes a pill
Then another, calls her mother
"Mother can you baby sit tonight?"
She wishes she was alone
She could have a life of her own
So she sits alone in the park
She wishes she could run away
But deep inside she knows she never will
She dreams of living in the country
With a garden full of daffodils
For now a box on the window sill
So she cries she takes a pill
And then another, calls her mother
"Mother can you baby sit tonight?"
She wishes she was alone
She could have a life of her own
She could have a life of her own