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Mother Carey's Chickens

1938, Movie, NR, 82 mins

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Heartwarming family film starring Bainter as the widowed wife (her husband never returned from the Spanish-American War) who is left alone to raise two daughters, Shirley and Keeler, and a son, Dunagan. The action centers on her efforts to keep ownership of her home and on the older girl's romances. Lots of homespun humor and character. Katharine Hepburn with her Bryn Mawr accent was originally slated to play the role that Keeler took, and her rejection of the script led RKO... read more leave a comment
Fay Bainter is a widow with four children who fights to keep her home in Mother Carey's Chickens (1938).
Free | TCM

Posted: 8/1/2008
Year: 1938
Rated NR

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Cast
Anne Shirley: Nancy Carey
Ruby Keeler: Kitty Carey
James Ellison: Ralph Thurston
Fay Bainter: Mrs. Carey
Walter Brennan: Mr. Popham
Frank Albertson: Tom Hamilton

 

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