[3] 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.

[4] A Hallmark TV movie of the same name My One & Only was produced in 2019, starring Pascale Hutton, Samuel Page and Stephen Huszar, was different in storyline.

Anne embarks on a road trip across the United States, in search of a husband to fund a new life for her and her boys.

After finding that a former suitor now deems her too old to be of interest she becomes desperate and dispirited and chats up a man in a bar who turns out to be an undercover house detective.

The sisters have a very strained relationship but Anne tries to make the best of it and takes a job at a paint store and becomes engaged to the owner.

He takes the remaining money and meets Anne and Robbie at a Greyhound bus station somewhere in the Southwest.

Anne catches the eye of the movie producer and manages to get Robbie slated to try for a starring role.

In an epilogue, George reveals that he is a contracted Hollywood actor and has changed his last name to "Hamilton", which was his father's real last name.

[citation needed] The jazzy score to My One and Only was composed by Mark Isham, who recorded it with a 20-piece jazz orchestra ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the LA Sound Gallery in Burbank, California.

The critics consensus reads, "A breezy road movie with characters both glamorous and familiar, My One and Only is a colorful period look at the early life of actor George Hamilton.

"[13] On Metacritic, the film was assigned a weighted average score of 62 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".