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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.
Forty Little Mothers (1940) is a drama film directed by Busby Berkeley, released on April 26, 1940 with a runtime of 1h 30m. It stars Eddie Cantor, Bonita Granville, Judith Anderson and Rita Johnson. Viewers rate it 6.5 out of 10 across 6 ratings.
Eddie Cantor
as Gilbert Jordan Thompson
Bonita Granville
as Doris
Judith Anderson
as Madame Granville
Rita Johnson
as Marian Edwards
Ralph Morgan
as Judge Joseph M. Williams
Martha O'Driscoll
as Janette
Veronica Lake
as Granville Girl
Nydia Westman
as Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
Diana Lewis
as Marcia
Esther Dale
as Mrs. Mason the Landlady
Frances Gifford
as Granville Girl
Margaret Early
as Eleanor
Directed by Busby Berkeley, written by Dorothy Yost, Ernest Pagano and Jean Guitton.
Average viewer score of 6.5/10 from 6 ratings.
Eddie Cantor goes from pop-eyed to gooey eyed. A bunch of bratty college age girls are forced to look at themselves in this overly sentimental comedy drama (with a few songs added), raising the sugar count in my system to diabetic coma level. Finding an abandoned baby in a train station, impoverished professor Eddie Cantor must hide him when he gets a job at an all-girls college. Wrongly blaming him for the firing…
Reviewed on December 14, 2017
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The main cast of Forty Little Mothers (1940) includes Eddie Cantor, Bonita Granville, Judith Anderson, Rita Johnson and Ralph Morgan. The film was directed by Busby Berkeley. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Forty Little Mothers was released on April 26, 1940 and runs for 1h 30m.
Forty Little Mothers (1940) holds an average rating of 6.5 out of 10 from 6 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
