None but the Lonely Heart
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None but the Lonely Heart is a 1944 film which tells the story of a Cockney lad who returns home with no ambitions, but finds that his family needs him. It stars Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald, June Duprez, Jane Wyatt, George Coulouris and Dan Duryea.
The movie was adapted by Clifford Odets from the novel by Richard Llewellyn. It was directed by Odets.
It won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Ethel Barrymore) and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Cary Grant), Best Film Editing and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Hanns Eisler and Constantin Bakaleinikoff).
Musical comedian and parodist Spike Jones recorded a three minute spoof of radio soap operas entitled None but the lonely heart (A Soaperetta) in the 1940s.