The Seven Little Foys (1955)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Melville Shavelson

Writers:

Melville Shavelson (written for the screen by) and
Jack Rose (written for the screen by)

Release Date:

30 September 1955 (Finland)

Genre:

Biography | Comedy | Drama | Family

Tagline:

The story of a husband who didn't have time to come home! Daddy couldn't get home, so the kids all trouped down to Broadway and got into the act. The incredible, incomparable story of America's most fabulous family!

Plot:

After the young wife of vaudevillian Eddie Foy passes away, he incorporates their seven children into the act and takes it on the road.

Plot Keywords:

Vaudeville | Ballerina | Italian | 1900s | Fire

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Bob Hope	...	Eddie Foy
Milly Vitale	...	Madeleine Morando Foy
George Tobias	...	Barney Green
Angela Clarke	...	Clara Morando
Herbert Heyes	...	Judge
Richard Shannon	...	Stage Manager
Billy Gray	...	Bryan Lincoln Foy, as a teen
Lee Erickson	...	Charley Foy
Paul De Rolf	...	Richard Foy
Lydia Reed	...	Mary Foy
Linda Bennett	...	Madeleine Foy
Jimmy Baird	...	Eddie Foy Jr.
Tommy Duran	...	Irving Foy
James Cagney	...	George M. Cohan
Charley Foy	...	Narration (voice)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #17278) | UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

This film and Beau James (1957) are the two serious dramas that Bob Hope starred in.

Quotes:

Clara Morando: Signor Foy, we are going to have a baby.
Madeleine Morando Foy: I wanted to tell you, Eddie, but Clara said to wait.
Barney Green: If you're interested, it happened in Capri.
Eddie Foy: ...Oh, well, thank you. Thank you, one and all. It is nice of you to let me im on it. There any other late bulletins?
[to Clara]
Eddie Foy: You seem to know everything! What's it gonna be - a boy or a girl?
Clara Morando: It will be an Italian!
Eddie Foy: It's one thing we're getting through customs!

Movie Connections:

References Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Soundtrack:

Chinatown, My Chinatown

...and have you seen the sequel!

Bob Hope executive produced and narrated a one hour TV sequel (serving as a pilot) with Eddie Foy, Jr. as 'Eddie Foy' and Mickey Rooney as 'George M. Cohan.' The Osmond Brothers played the boys and the youngest daughter was played by Morgan Britney. George Tobias reprised his role as Foy's agent 'Barney Green' and Angela Clarke took over the role of 'Aunt Clara.' The story picks up where the original ends with Eddie deciding to retire the act and put the kids in public school. Cohan and Green plot to bring the act back to the stage. Though in black-in-white, 48 minutes long, and a much lower budget, the sequel is quite satisfying to fans of the original. Foy, Jr. had served as narrator and consultant for the original so it was a neat turn to have Hope narrate this one. I found a copy of the film from the web site of "20th Century Nostalgia" for under fifteen dollars. I don't have any affiliation with them but they are the only ones I know that carry it, so I pass the information along to fans. The original is my favorite Bob Hope movie (I own them all!) so I was a tough sell.