Product Details

• Actors: Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Jane Wyatt, Ann Dvorak
• Directors: David Miller
• Writers: F. Hugh Herbert
• Producers: Samuel Goldwyn
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 23, 1997
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0783111169
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,434 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Movie, June 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Our Very Own [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love this movie! This is the story of a teen-aged girl whose world turns upside down on the night of her eighteenth birthday when she learns that she's an adopted child. A great cast, great script, great everything. Besides the storyline, this film is a piece of Americana history as the MacCauley Family is straight from 1950 when families were first experiencing owning a television set. It was great news when they finally released this on home video. This film should have walked away with some Oscars.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please Put on DVD!!!!!!!!!!!, May 10, 2005

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This review is from: Our Very Own [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Please put this great movie classic on DVD so that humble people such as myself can afford it.Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent movie about adoption and its problems, November 20, 2003

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Georgia L. Mackowiak "gelalema" (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our Very Own [VHS] (VHS Tape)

For those of us who were young people in 1950, this story about a family in California is very authentic in almost every detail. Jane Wyatt is perfect as the mother struggling with the pros and cons of revealing that her eldest daughter Gail is adopted, a rare situation in 1950 America. When the middle daughter finds out and reveals the adoption to her step-sister out of spite, a chain of events are unleashed that could have been disasterous were it not for the strong bond and love and devotion the parents inculcated in all three daughters. In the end, this movie demonstrates that adopted children thrive when the adopted parents consider the child 'their very own.' Superb movie in every respect and should be required viewing for adopted children and those considering being adoptive parents.