
Live and Become
2005


“BECAUSE SHE PLAYED WITH FIRE, HER CHILD, WHOM SHE SO LOVED, MUST NEVER KNOW SHE WAS HIS MOTHER...!”
2 votes
Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
Director
Gregory La CavaWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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Production Companies

Ann Harding is on good form here in this drama about a mother trying to reclaim her son. Tragically unwed and broke, and with the help of the dipso ex-con doctor "Dan" (Clive Brooks), she had to put her young lad "Deedy" (Dickie Moore) up for adoption. Many years later when she learns that the adoptive mother has passed away, she is much more successful and senses that now might be the time to try and ingratiate herself with "Phillip" (Otto Kruger) and the young boy - and see if she can't get more firmly established in both of their lives. She won't have an easy ride, though, but gets off to a…
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