My happiness in your hands
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | My happiness in your hands |
| Original title | No Sad Songs for Me |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rudolph Maté |
| script | Howard Cook |
| production | Buddy eagle |
| music | George Duning |
| camera | Joseph Walker |
| cut | William A. Lyon |
| occupation | |
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My luck in your hands (or your luck in my hands ; original title: No Sad Songs for me ) is an American drama from 1950 based on the novel by Ruth Southard .
action
Mary Scott learns she has cancer . Their life expectancy is less than a year. She lets her doctor Ralph Frene promise not to tell her husband Bradford or her daughter Polly. As Christmas approaches, Mary realizes how quickly time flies. But she still hides her illness.
Mary and Bradford also invite his employee Chris Radna to their New Year's party, who to Bradford's surprise wears a dress instead of the usual trousers. Brad often dances with Chris, which leads to whispering among the women present. Mary realizes that Brad and Chris are falling in love. Mary decides to visit her father in San Francisco . But she can't tell him anything about her illness either. Later, when she meets an old friend, a widower who is seeing a friend, Mary is terrified of what will happen to Brad and Polly when she is dead.
Mary returns home. Believing Brad no longer loves her, she wants to commit suicide. Later that evening, Brad reveals to her that he was having an affair with Chris. The affair is over and Chris has left town. Mary secretly visits Chris, who tries to apologize for the affair. Her own husband died in the war and she believed she could no longer love anyone until she met Brad. Mary wants Brad to marry Chris after she dies. She gives Chris access to her life and introduces her to her friends. Chris becomes friends with Polly.
Brad finds Mary's pain pills and calls Dr. Frene to inform him of the impending death of his wife. Brad doesn't tell Mary about the call. He wants to make the remaining time the happiest time of her life. Before her death, Mary and Brad spent idyllic weeks in Mexico .
criticism
The lexicon of international films sees the film as "[s] carefully designed, emotional, but not sentimental melodrama ."
Bosley Crowthers of the New York Times described the film as a delicately moving little drama that shows how great Margaret Sullavan's talent is.
Awards
At the Academy Awards in 1951 , George Duning was nominated for an Oscar in the category of best film music .
background
The premiere took place on April 12, 1950. In Germany, the film was first seen in cinemas on March 23, 1951.
After a seven-year hiatus, Margaret Sullavan stood here one more time in front of a camera. It was her last movie.
Production was put on hold for a long time. Columbia Pictures bought the film rights to the novel. But the start dragged on for several years. First Sam Wood should direct the film with Irene Dunne in the lead role. Only when Rudolph Maté had been established as the director and Margaret Sullavan as the leading actress could filming begin, which, in contrast, only lasted a month and six days.
Web links
- My happiness in your hands in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ My happiness in your hands. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Critique of the New York Times (Eng.)
- ↑ Article at TCM (engl.)