Synopsis
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.
Cast
Irene Dunne
Mama
Barbara Bel Geddes
Katrin
Oskar Homolka
Uncle Chris
Philip Dorn
Papa
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Hyde
Edgar Bergen
Mr. Thorkelson
Rudy Vallee
Dr. Johnson
Barbara O'Neil
Jessie Brown
Florence Bates
Florence Dana Moorhead
Peggy McIntire
Christine
June Hedin
Dagmar
Steve Brown
Nels
Ellen Corby
Aunt Trina
Hope Landin
Aunt Jenny
Edith Evanson
Aunt Sigrid
Tommy Ivo
Cousin Arne
Stanley Andrews
Minister (uncredited)
George Atkinson
Postman (uncredited)
Lela Bliss
Head Nurse (uncredited)
Louise Colombet
Nurse (uncredited)
Art Dupuis
Conductor (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Drug Store Pharmacist (uncredited)
Lou Hicks
Conductor (uncredited)
Gene Holland
Boy (uncredited)
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