Close to My Heart

1951Movie⏱️ 1h 30mApproved

Drama

⭐ 6.5

IMDB Rating

568 votes

A columnist and his wife deal with obstacles when they try to adopt an abandoned baby.

Director

William Keighley

Writers

James R. Webb, William Keighley

Stars

Ray Milland, Gene Tierney, Fay Bainter

Language

English

Country

United States

💬 17

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Ray Milland

as Brad Sheridan

Gene Tierney

as Midge Sheridan

Fay Bainter

as Mrs. Morrow

Howard St. John

as I.O. Frost

Mary Beth Hughes

as Arlene

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Ann Morrison

as Mrs. Barker

James Seay

as Everett C. Heilner

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Baby John Winslow

as Baby Danny

Eddie Marr

as Taxi Driver Dunne

John Alvin

as Prospective Adoptive Father

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Production

Warner Bros.

🏷️ Keywords

babypet dogfemale infertilitybaby nurserydomestic drama

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Adoption During the Early Baby Boom Years

by alonzoiii-1 • 2010-08-20

7/10

"Housewife Gene Tierney cannot have a baby, and does not want to wait two years until the adoption agency makes one available to her. Columnist Ray Milland, on the other hand, goes into passive-aggressive mode, when Tierney, acting on a tip from a friend, offers to adopt a baby simply dropped off at the local police station. Will Milland's zealous attempts at finding out the true parentage of the baby cause Faye Bainter's quietly authoritarian adoption agency to determine that Milland and Tierny are unfit to hold little baby Danny CLOSE TO MY HEART? 1951 was one of the peak years of..."