

09/03/1948
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.

Irene Dunne
as Mama

Barbara Bel Geddes
as Katrin

Oskar Homolka
as Uncle Chris

Philip Dorn
as Papa

Cedric Hardwicke
as Mr. Hyde

Edgar Bergen
as Mr. Thorkelson

Rudy Vallee
as Dr. Johnson

Barbara O'Neil
as Jessie Brown

Florence Bates
as Florence Dana Moorhead

Peggy McIntire
as Christine

June Hedin
as Dagmar

Steve Brown
as Nels

Ellen Corby
as Aunt Trina

Hope Landin
as Aunt Jenny

Edith Evanson
as Aunt Sigrid

Tommy Ivo
as Cousin Arne

Stanley Andrews
as Minister (uncredited)

George Atkinson
as Postman (uncredited)

Lela Bliss
as Head Nurse (uncredited)

Louise Colombet
as Nurse (uncredited)

Art Dupuis
as Conductor (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
as Drug Store Pharmacist (uncredited)

Lou Hicks
as Conductor (uncredited)

Gene Holland
as Boy (uncredited)

Howard Keiser
as Bellboy (uncredited)

Peggy McKim
as Girl (uncredited)

Constance Purdy
as Night Nurse (uncredited)

Cleo Ridgely
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)

Ruth Tobey
as Girl (uncredited)
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