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| Deanna Durbin | ... | Ruth Kirke Holliday | |
| Edmond O'Brien | ... | Tom Holliday | |
| Barry Fitzgerald | ... | Timothy Blake | |
| Arthur Treacher | ... | Henderson | |
| Harry Davenport | ... | Commodore Thomas Spencer Holliday | |
| Grant Mitchell | ... | Edgar Holliday | |
| Frieda Inescort | ... | Karen Holliday | |
| Elisabeth Risdon | ... | Louise Holliday | |
| Jonathan Hale | ... | Ferguson | |
| Esther Dale | ... | Lucy | |
| Gus Schilling | ... | Jeff Adams | |
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John F. Hamilton | ... | Dr. Kirke (as J. Frank Hamilton) |
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Christopher Severn | ... | Orphan |
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Yvonne Severn | ... | Orphan |
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Vido Rich | ... | Orphan |
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Ruth Kirke (Deanna Durbin), an American school teacher at a missionary in China, is smuggling nine recently-orphaned Chinese children back to the United States. En route, the ship on which they are traveling is torpedoed and, after being rescued , the only way the children can get into America , is by lying that her husband, who has promised to adopt the children, is the missing owner of the torpedoed ship. Multile complications arise. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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damsel in distress | china missionary school | war orphan | world war two | china |Taglines:
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19 February 1943 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Music by Effie I. Canning
Chinese Translation by Rosalyda Chang
Sung by Deanna Durbin
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This is a heartwarming story that begins with the upheavals of war in China and how young lives find a new life in America. The lovely Deanna Durbin is protector of eight orphans and such is her dedication that she falls in with sailor Barry Fitzgerald's little scheme of pretending to be the widow of the elderly Commodore Holliday, with the resultant confusion, hilarious moments and bittersweet outcomes. Ms Durbin sings some fine old favorites and I particularly liked "Mighty Like a Rose" which she sings beautifully. It has light romance, comedy, and tender moments and is well recommended as excellent family fare.