NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART (1944) B/W 113m dir: Clifford Odets

w/Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald, June Duprez, Jane Wyatt, George Coulouris, Dan Duryea, Konstantin Shayne, Eva Leonard Boyne, Morton Lowry

From The Movie Guide: "This was a daring and inventive film in its day, and Grant, playing the dedicated outsider, and Barrymore, as his Cockney mother, are superb. The time is just prior to WWII and the place is Whitechapel in the East End of London. Through these mean streets wanders Grant, a shiftless but lighthearted young man whose mother, Barrymore, runs a dingy second-hand furniture store. ...

"Odets' powerful script and direction do well by the [Richard] Llewellyn novel, and the film is uncompromising in its portrayal of slum life. NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART was not a box-office winner, but has remained a critical favorite, boosted by a dedicated cast. To get Barrymore into the film during its hurried production schedule, RKO paid the expenses of closing the long-running play 'The Corn Is Green,' in which the actress was starring."

Barrymore received an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. The film was also nominated for Best Actor (Grant), Editing, and Score.