Family Honeymoon

The only reason this wasn't an ABC Television movie is that ABC wasn't making TV movies back in 1948 when this was shot. It's basically a one-joke premise, and the title tells it all. Colbert and MacMurray were reteamed after their success in THE EGG AND I, but this one is a souffle that falls flat more than it rises. Colbert is the widowed mother of Perreau, Hunt, and Miles, three aggressive and often annoying kids. She agrees to marry MacMurray, a university professor, and they plan a lovely, leisurely honeymoon. When Colbert's sister, Bronson, suffers an accident, there's no one to leave the children with, so the whole family embarks on a Family Honeymoon. They ...