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Adapted by Clifford Odets from the 1943 novel of the same title by Richard Llewellyn and directed by Odets, the film stars Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, and Barry Fitzgerald. The title of the film is taken from Tchaikovsky's song "None but the Lonely Heart", which is featured in the background music.
None But the Lonely Heart: Directed by Clifford Odets. With Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald, June Duprez. When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
- (2.8K)
- Drama, Romance
- Clifford Odets
- 1944-10-17
Synopsis In pre-World War II London, Ernie Mott (Cary Grant), a Cockney layabout whose father was killed during World War I, learns that his mother, Ma (Miss Ethel Barrymore), is dying of...
- (45)
- Clifford Odets
- Drama
- Cary Grant
NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART is based on the best-selling novel by the same name, written by Richard Llewellyn. This is Cary Grant's 46th movie and the only time he will be directed by Clifford Odets, and the only time he will star with Ethel Barrymore, who won an Oscar for best supporting actress for her role as "Ma" in 1944, and with June DuPrez ...
London pawn shop proprietor "Ma" Mott (Ethel Barrymore in her Academy Award winning role) reveals her illness to friend Ike (Konstantin Shayne), then tangles again with her ne'er-do-well son Ernie (Cary Grant), in None But The Lonely Heart, 1944, from the Richard Llewellyn novel.
- Clifford Odets, Ruby Rosenberg, Lynn Shores
- Cary Grant
"None But the Lonely Heart" is truly a specimen film, both in sight and sound.Mr. Grant's performance as Ernie Mott, the "tramp of the Universe"—the "citizen of the Great Smoke" who...
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Aug 23, 2010 · Lonely Heart is and was a true rarity- Cary Grant in a serious role. Not the somewhat lighthearted romantic comedies he had been doing during this period, but rather perhaps the closest Grant came to his most “real” role – here his character is almost tragic in scope.
