Forty Little Mothers
Forty Little Mothers
Release: 1940-04-26
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 6.2
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Claire Du Brey
as Gym Teacher
Nydia Westman
as Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
Diana Lewis
as Marcia
Frances Gifford
as Granville Girl
Margaret Early
as Eleanor
Harry Depp
as Harry - Judge's Secretary
Selmer Jackson
as Missing Persons Detective
Ralph Morgan
as Judge Joseph M. Williams
Oscar O'Shea
as Janitor at Train Station
Stephen Chase
as Professor Lange
Edna Holland
as Miss Higgins
Virginia Sale
as Miss Fairwell
Joe Yule
as Counterman at Diner
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter
Eddie Cantor
as Gilbert Jordan Thompson
Jack Chefe
as Lawyer
Esther Dale
as Mrs. Mason the Landlady
Ed Brady
as Job Seeker
Richard Cramer
as Hiring Boss
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
as Miss Porter
Larry Steers
as Alumni Dinner Guest
Bonita Granville
as Doris
Judith Anderson
as Madame Granville
Rita Johnson
as Marian Edwards
Martha O'Driscoll
as Janette
Veronica Lake
as Granville Girl
John Ince
as Bailiff