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4 July 1949 (Sweden) moreTagline:
More fun than you've had in a month of Sundays! morePlot:
A rueful wife (circa 1910) recalls 20 years of her husband's financial fumbles, as she keeps a boarding house to support the family. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
A Delicious Slice of Americana moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Dan Dailey | ... | James C. 'Jim' Hefferan | |
| Celeste Holm | ... | Emily Hefferan | |
| Colleen Townsend | ... | Rosemary Hefferan | |
| Alan Young | ... | Geoffrey Lawson | |
| Natalie Wood | ... | Ruth Hefferan | |
| William Frawley | ... | George Kirby | |
| Connie Gilchrist | ... | Millie Moon | |
| William Callahan | ... | Harold Crandall | |
| Veda Ann Borg | ... | Rita Kirby | |
| Porter Hall | ... | Sam Howell | |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Mr. Robinson / Robby | |
| Katherine Emery | ... | Mrs. Mildred Lawson | |
| Roy Roberts | ... | Harry Bowers | |
| Hal K. Dawson | ... | Jake Barker |
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Filming Locations:
Original V&T Railway, Nevada, USAFun Stuff
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Emily Hefferan: There are other homes in town that take in guests.Rita Kirby: Yeah, I tried 'em all. Those dumps are full too. I mean... nice place you got here.
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Based on Rosemary Taylor's memoir of life in turn-of-the-century (i.e., circa 1900) Tucson, the book's subtitle tells much of the story -- "My Life with Mama's Boarders." Rosemary's mother was a practical businesswoman who wasn't above renting out every available square foot of her home to make ends meet. This movie, though, like the book, is a delightful look backward at life in a frontier city in the century's first two decades, featuring Celeste Holm as her mother and Dan Dailey as her more fly-by-night father, who always has a get-rich-quick scheme that, somehow, doesn't pan out. In addition to Dailey (who had several short-lived TV series in the 1970s), later generations will enjoy spotting cast members like Alan Young (quite the rising star in 1948, but remembered now mostly as Wilbur Post from "Mr. Ed" and as the voice of Uncle Scrooge in Disney's "Ducktales"), William Frawley (remembered, of course, from "I Love Lucy" and "My Three Sons"), and ubiquitous character actor Whit Bissell, who appeared in everything from "Star Trek" to "I was a Teenage Werewolf."
This movie is another small gem from director George Seaton and his writing partner, Valentine Davies, who also gave the world the original "Miracle on 34th Street," "The Country Girl," and "The Song of Bernadette." Seaton isn't that well-known today, unfortunately, even though almost everyone has seen at least "Miracle on 34th Street," but like Frank Capra, his movies have a quiet humanity that, even when he used a lighter touch (as here), show Seaton's faith in human resilience. When people say that "they don't make them like they used to," they're talking about movies like this.