
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)
Howard Keiser
Bellboy (uncredited)
Peggy McKim
Girl (uncredited)

Constance Purdy
Night Nurse (uncredited)

Cleo Ridgely
Schoolteacher (uncredited)

Ruth Tobey
Girl (uncredited)
Crew

George Stevens
Director, Executive Producer
DeWitt Bodeen
Screenplay
Kathryn Forbes
Novel
Robert Swink
Editor

Nicholas Musuraca
Director of Photography
Hollingsworth Morse
Assistant Director

Harriet Parsons
Producer
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
Gile Steele
Costume Design
Hazel Rogers
Hairstylist
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Terry Kellum
Sound
Richard Van Hessen
Sound
Russell A. Cully
Special Effects
Kenneth Peach
Special Effects

Roy Webb
Original Music Composer

C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Ivan Moffat
Executive Assistant
John Van Druten
Theatre Play
Carroll Clark
Art Direction

Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
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