A widower with ten children falls for a widow with eight, and they must decide about forming a huge, unconventional family.A widower with ten children falls for a widow with eight, and they must decide about forming a huge, unconventional family.A widower with ten children falls for a widow with eight, and they must decide about forming a huge, unconventional family.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations
- Mike Beardsley
- (as Tim Matthieson)
- Louise Beardsley
- (as Suzanne Cupito)
Storyline
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- TriviaAfter purchasing the rights to the book the film was based on, Lucille Ball became very close to the Beardsley's and even went as far as to treat the whole family to a vacation at Disneyland.
- GoofsDuring their first date in a club, Frank is wearing his hat during the entire sequence. This would be a hideous breach of Naval etiquette, and never done by a real Naval officer.
- Quotes
Colleen North: [as Helen is leaving for the hospital, about to have a baby] I know this is a terrible time to talk about it, but Larry says...
Frank Beardsley: I've got a message for Larry! You tell him *this* is what it's all about. This is the real happening. If you want to know what love really is, take a look around you.
Helen North: What are you two talking about?
Frank Beardsley: Take a good look at your mother.
Helen North: Not now!
Frank Beardsley: Yes, now.
Frank Beardsley: [to Colleen] It's giving life that counts. Until you're ready for it, all the rest is just a big fraud. All the crazy haircuts in the world won't keep it turning. Life isn't a love-in - it's the dishes, and the orthodontist, and the shoe repairman, and... ground round instead of roast beef. And I'll tell you something else: It isn't going to a bed with a man that proves you're in love with him; it's getting up in the morning and facing the drab, miserable, wonderful everyday world with him that counts!
[leaving the house, they say good-bye to the little kids]
Frank Beardsley: I suppose having nineteen kids is carrying it a bit too far - but if we had it to do over, who would we skip? You?
Helen North: [getting into the car] Thank you, Frank. I never quite knew how to explain it to her.
Frank Beardsley: If we don't get you to the hospital fast, the rest of it's gonna be explained right here!
- SoundtracksYours, Mine and Ours
(uncredited)
Music by Fred Karlin
Lyrics by Ernie Sheldon
[sung by chorus over main titles]
Second, the situation with Louise (which was not based on anything that happened in the book -- Frank Beardsley actually met Helen North through his sister, a nun in the school where Helen's kids enrolled after their father's death and their move from Washington State to the San Francisco area) struck me as completely incredulous. She was one of ten children, including seven sisters, and she's mad about having to share her room? Surely by the time she hit fourteen, she would've tried to make the best of the situation and learned that complaining did no good.
Third, in the scene where Frank is away on the shakedown cruise and Helen opens one of his letters, the first thing you notice is La Lucille's flawlessly polished long nails and beautifully manicured hands. A mother of eighteen who spends her days scrubbing, cooking, and doing laundry does not have hands like this. My own mother only had five kids, and trust me, it doesn't work that way. LOL
I have no idea what the real Beardsley family thought about the movie that portrayed their story. The original story as related in the book was really heartwarming, and I think the screenwriters should've been more faithful to the book. Helen Beardsley died on April 26, 2000 of complications from Parkinson's Disease. She was 70. I understand that Frank is still living.
- Vibiana
- Jan 3, 2003
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- Also known as
- Deine, meine, unsere
- Filming locations
- Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, USA(naval air station)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,500,000 (estimated)