I Remember Mama
George Stevens's charming film version of Kathryn Forbes' collection of short stories entitled Mama's Bank Account features Irene Dunne as Mama in one of her finest and most ingratiating performances. The film is narrated by Mama's daughter Katrin (Barbara Bel Geddes), recalling the trials and tribulations of her family in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Mama tries to keep her house in order and her family on their toes as a motley assortment of eccentric relatives, boarders, and friends -- including Uncle Chris (Oscar Homolka), Mr. Hyde (Cedric Hardwicke), Dr. Johnson (Rudy Vallee), Mr. Thorkelson (Edgar Bergen) -- weave in and out of their lives.
28 July 1901, Island Pond, Vermont, USA
April 18, 1936 in Denver, Colorado, USA
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12 August 1898, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
July 19, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA
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28 August 1891, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 October 1922, New York City, New York, USA
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3 June 1911, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
September 9, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA
