Around the world, Mother’s Day is celebrated on different dates and with different customs, but the idea is always the same: It’s a day to honor the beautiful role of motherhood.
Although the American holiday was originally intended as a day to appreciate the mother in one’s own family, it has since expanded to many different maternal figures, like grandmothers, stepmothers, mothers-in-law, aunts, daughters who are mothers themselves, and even adoptive mother figures.
Many classic films feature heartwarming and inspiring examples of motherhood in many seasons and forms.
During her long film career, award-winning actress Loretta Young played many touching maternal roles. She portrayed three different types of motherhood: new motherhood in “Private Number” (1936), being the mother of an adult child in “Mother Is a Freshman” (1949), and mothering an adopted child in “Paula” (1952).
