My One and Only (film)

My One and Only is a 2009 comedy film loosely based on a story about George Hamiltons early life on the road with his mother and brother, featuring anecdotes that Hamilton had told to producer Robert Kosberg and Merv Griffin. Kosberg pitched the idea of this true story to screenwriter Charlie Peters, then Merv Griffin shepherded the project from screenplay to production, until his death in 2007. Merv Griffins company served as one the films producers and Robert Kosberg executive produced.

In New York City in 1953, Ann Deveraux lives with her bandleader husband Danny, their 15yearold son George, and Anns somewhat older effeminate son Robbie. Ann does not seem very interested in her childrens lives she does not even remember which school they attend. After catching Danny in yet another affair, Ann, fed up, tells him she is leaving him and taking the children with her. She removes cash from her safe deposit box and sends George out with it to buy a Cadillac. The salesmen are suspicious, but Ann drops by later herself.Ann embarks with Robbie stitching out a map of ther road trip in the backseat and George as his mothers chauffeur on a road trip across the United States, in search of a husband to fund a new life for her and her boys. They first stay in Boston and Pittsburgh. Several men turn out to be disappointments for Ann. One has financial problems and asks for a large sum of money when she does not seem willing to give it, he steals the money in her purse, leaving her unable to pay for the lavish dinner they both shared. Another man a military officer, one Ann met briefly at a party a year before, offers to pay for it, eventually leading the two to date and become engaged. But when Ann and George discover his abusiveness, they leave. Later, Ann is put in jail overnight after chatting in a bar with a man who turns out to be an undercover police officer, who takes her for a prostitute and charges her with solicitation. One man sexually assaults her one is in love with another woman. ........

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