Forty Little Mothers

Forty Little Mothers

90 mins | Drama | April 26, 1940

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.

Forty Little Mothers

90 mins | Drama | April 26, 1940

Forty Little Mothers
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Forty Little Mothers
Directors Busby Berkeley
Writers Jean Guitton, Dorothy Yost, Ernest Pagano

Cast

Eddie Cantor

as Gilbert Jordan Thompson

Bonita Granville

as Doris

Judith Anderson

as Madame Granville

Rita Johnson

as Marian Edwards

Ralph Morgan

as Judge Joseph M. Williams

Martha O'Driscoll

as Janette

Veronica Lake

as Granville Girl

Nydia Westman

as Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche

Diana Lewis

as Marcia

Esther Dale

as Mrs. Mason the Landlady

Frances Gifford

as Granville Girl

Margaret Early

as Eleanor

Louise Seidel

as Betty

Baby Quintanilla

as 'Chum'

Margaret Bert

as Teacher

George Bookasta

as Carlos

Ed Brady

as Job Seeker

Stephen Chase

as Professor Lange

Jack Chefe

as Lawyer

James Conaty

as Alumni Dinner Guest

Richard Cramer

as Hiring Boss

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

as Miss Porter

Harry Depp

as Harry - Judge's Secretary

Claire Du Brey

as Gym Teacher

Edna Holland

as Miss Higgins

John Ince

as Bailiff

Selmer Jackson

as Missing Persons Detective

Louise La Planche

as Teenager

Perc Launders

as Bailiff

James McNamara

as Joe Billings

Art Miles

as Job Seeker

Barbara Norton

as Old Lady

William H. O'Brien

as Waiter

Anne O'Neal

as Teacher

Oscar O'Shea

as Janitor at Train Station

Bertha Priestley

as Bubbles

Eva Puig

as Mama Lupini

Virginia Sale

as Miss Fairwell

Larry Steers

as Alumni Dinner Guest

Henry Sylvester

as Andrew Blair

Joe Yule

as Counterman at Diner