Four Mothers
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Lola Lane Gale Page | |
Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
Edited by | Ralph Dawson |
Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | January 4, 1941 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Four Mothers is a 1941 American
Plot
In this final installment of
To do his part in bringing in more dollars for the family, son-in-law Felix (Jeffery Lynn) travels to Chicago for a job conducting an orchestra. Meanwhile, Kay (Rosemary Lane), the only Lemp daughter who is childless, is upset that husband Clint (Eddie Albert) spends more time at work than with her at home. Things get worse after his lab research leads him closer to the cause of Pneumoconiosis at the town's smelting plant. Eventually, Kay has had it. She too leaves for Chicago—to seek a job in radio. But for both Felix and Kay, the big city proves to hold no suitable alternative to either their financial or family woes. So they both return home.
After moving into an apartment with his sister Etta (May Robson), Adam is invited to conduct for the Beethoven Music Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The whole family travels there to proudly watch him. They then return home for the opening of Lemp Acres, the new property Ben has started and developed for the family. Upon Adam's arrival, he finds he has regained the respect of the town—so much so that the townspeople financed the moving of his old house to Lemp Acres, and all is the same as it once was. In the end, as the four daughters hold one of their musical practice sessions, Kay realizes she is finally pregnant.
Cast
- Claude Rains as Adam Lemp
- Jeffrey Lynn as Felix Deitz
- Eddie Albert as Clint Forrest
- May Robson as Aunt Etta
- Frank McHugh as Ben Crowley
- Dick Foran as Ernest Talbot
- Vera Lewis as Mrs. Ridgefield
- Priscilla Lane as Ann Lemp Deitz
- Rosemary Lane as Kay Lemp Forrest
- Lola Lane as Thea Lemp Crowley
- Gale Page as Emma Lemp Talbot
References
- ^ "FOUR MOTHERS (1941)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ^ "Four Mothers (1941)". All Movie. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ^ "Four Mothers". American Film Institute. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
External links
- Four Mothers at IMDb