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Forty Little Mothers

Forty Little Mothers

★ 6.5/10•1940•1h 30m•Drama

There's Fun in Every Heart-Throb!

An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.

Busby Berkeley · Director

Dorothy Yost · Screenplay

Ernest Pagano · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageEN
Release DateApr 26, 1940

Actors

Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor

Gilbert Jordan Thompson

Bonita Granville

Bonita Granville

Doris

Judith Anderson

Judith Anderson

Madame Granville

Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

Marian Edwards

Ralph Morgan

Ralph Morgan

Judge Joseph M. Williams

Martha O'Driscoll

Martha O'Driscoll

Janette

Veronica Lake

Veronica Lake

Granville Girl

Nydia Westman

Nydia Westman

Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche

Diana Lewis

Diana Lewis

Marcia

Esther Dale

Esther Dale

Mrs. Mason the Landlady

Frances Gifford

Frances Gifford

Granville Girl

Margaret Early

Margaret Early

Eleanor

Charlotte Munier

Lois

Louise Seidel

Betty

Baby Quintanilla

'Chum'

Margaret Bert

Teacher

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