The invitations go out far and wide, throughout Canada and the United States. Doctor Jean Hersholt is retiring after delivering 3000 babies. All of them are invited to a party in his honor.
Of course, the real star of this movie are the Dionne Quintuplets, but the other 2,995 others have stories of their own, and this one tells several of them in fictional Moose Port in Canada. The Quints show up in to bits, early on, when everyone watches raptly while they behave like five little girls, and later on at the party, where they also behave like five little girls. Large parts of the production were moved up to Callander, Ontario to accommodate these busy celebrities.
But they take up only about six minutes of this 80-minute movie. The rest is composed of Hersholt solving the problems of many of the children he delivered. Alan Dinehart is the governor of a state, but has never had a child of his own; Esther Ralston's movie career has fizzled out, and she's broke. Hersholt's nephew, Robert Kent, is in love with Hersholt's nurse, Rochelle Hudson, but feels obligated to Helen Vinson, who, who wants to leave her husband for him. Can Hersholt solve all their problems?
In many ways, this set the tone for Hersholt's DR. CHRISTIAN series on radio, television, and in the movies, through his death in 1956 at the age of 69.
There are lots of other well known players on view here. Montagu Love is a standout in a rare comedy role.
Of course, the real star of this movie are the Dionne Quintuplets, but the other 2,995 others have stories of their own, and this one tells several of them in fictional Moose Port in Canada. The Quints show up in to bits, early on, when everyone watches raptly while they behave like five little girls, and later on at the party, where they also behave like five little girls. Large parts of the production were moved up to Callander, Ontario to accommodate these busy celebrities.
But they take up only about six minutes of this 80-minute movie. The rest is composed of Hersholt solving the problems of many of the children he delivered. Alan Dinehart is the governor of a state, but has never had a child of his own; Esther Ralston's movie career has fizzled out, and she's broke. Hersholt's nephew, Robert Kent, is in love with Hersholt's nurse, Rochelle Hudson, but feels obligated to Helen Vinson, who, who wants to leave her husband for him. Can Hersholt solve all their problems?
In many ways, this set the tone for Hersholt's DR. CHRISTIAN series on radio, television, and in the movies, through his death in 1956 at the age of 69.
There are lots of other well known players on view here. Montagu Love is a standout in a rare comedy role.