After the young wife of vaudevillian Eddie Foy passes away, he incorporates their seven children into the act and takes it on the road.
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| Bob Hope | ... | Eddie Foy | |
| Milly Vitale | ... | Madeleine Morando Foy | |
| George Tobias | ... | Barney Green | |
| Angela Clarke | ... | Clara Morando | |
| Herbert Heyes | ... | Judge | |
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Richard Shannon | ... | Stage Manager |
| Billy Gray | ... | Bryan Lincoln Foy, as a Teen | |
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Lee Erickson | ... | Charley Foy |
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Paul De Rolf | ... | Richard Foy |
| Lydia Reed | ... | Mary Foy | |
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Linda Bennett | ... | Madeleine Foy |
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Jimmy Baird | ... | Eddie Foy Jr. |
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Tommy Duran | ... | Irving Foy |
| James Cagney | ... | George M. Cohan | |
| Charley Foy | ... | Narration by (voice) | |
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Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. While they continue to tour the circuit, they begin a family and before long have seven little Foys to clutter the wings. After tragedy threatens to stall Eddie's career, he comes to realize that his little terrors are worth their weight in gold. Written by Chris Stone <jstone@bellatlantic.net>
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italian | ballerina | vaudeville | brother sister relationship | brother brother relationship |Taglines:
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!Parents Guide:
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1955 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Mis siete hijos See more »Filming Locations:
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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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!
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(uncredited)
Music by Lee S. Roberts
Lyrics by J. Will Callahan
Sung by Lydia Reed and Linda Bennett
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Despite Foy's reluctance to marry, according to the film, he had already been married twice before he married Madeline Morando. See more »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!
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Music by Lee S. Roberts
Lyrics by J. Will Callahan
Sung by Lydia Reed and Linda Bennett
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***1/2 for this Bob Hope vehicle made in 1955.
The biography details the life of song and dance man Eddie Foy. Hope has the usual right wit and sarcastic blend to produce a wonderful performance. His dancing is exactly the right step as well.
He meets and marries a ballerina played by Millie Vitale. The children start coming real fast. Each time, Vitale's sister, a tough-looking strong woman named Clara, announces: "We're pregnant!"
7 little Foys enter the world. Eddie is too busy in his show business career and is rarely home. Go know that Vitale's cough is more serious than a cold. One night he arrives home to the news that his beloved wife had died during the day. Stricken with disbelief and sadness, Eddie vows to keep the family together and engages the children to appear in his act.
Meanwhile, Aunt Clara schemes to have Eddie declared unsuitable so that she can gain control of the children.
A fine musical and dance sequence with James Cagney reprising his role of George M. Cowan is shown in this delightful film.