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Forty Little Mothers

6.519401h 30mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorBusby Berkeley
WritersErnest Pagano·Jean Guitton

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Cast · Directed by Busby Berkeley

ECEddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor
Gilbert Jordan Thompson
BGBonita Granville
Bonita Granville
Doris
JAJudith Anderson
Judith Anderson
Madame Granville
RJRita Johnson
Rita Johnson
Marian Edwards
RMRalph Morgan
Ralph Morgan
Judge Joseph M. Williams
MOMartha O'Driscoll
Martha O'Driscoll
Janette
VLVeronica Lake
Veronica Lake
Granville Girl
NWNydia Westman
Nydia Westman
Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
DLDiana Lewis
Diana Lewis
Marcia
EDEsther Dale
Esther Dale
Mrs. Mason the Landlady
FGFrances Gifford
Frances Gifford
Granville Girl
MEMargaret Early
Margaret Early
Eleanor

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