Review of A Life of Her Own

George Cukor was a well-know, good director who helmed films such as The Philadelphia Story, Born Yesterday and the last film John Dillinger saw, Manhattan Melodrama. This turkey, with Ray Milland, Lana Turner and Tom Ewell (recently on TCM) was laughable in its portrayal of a model on her way up in NY and the tawdry romance with a married man (Milland). Of course they toss in Milland's wife, who just happens to be crippled with no use of her legs (she does walk haltingly for a moment with two canes) to play on the sympathy of a woman wronged, though that plot line goes no where. To say this is a bad film is an understatement. Turner looks overweight and her costumes don't do her any favors either. The dialogue is stilted, stupid and overwrought; I would lay most of the blame on the screenwriter for this silly, pretentious and altogether forgettable movie.