Forty Little Mothers

Forty Little Mothers

98 mins | Comedy | Nov. 5, 1936

After finding and adopting a child, a man gets a job at an all-girls school which doesn't allow families. Once the girls find the baby, they become his forty little mothers. At the same time, the child's true mother searches for him.

Forty Little Mothers

98 mins | Comedy | Nov. 5, 1936

Forty Little Mothers
After finding and adopting a child, a man gets a job at an all-girls school which doesn't allow families. Once the girls find the baby, they become his forty little mothers. At the same time, the child's true mother searches for him.
Producers Gray-Film
Original title Le Mioche
Directors Léonide Moguy
Writers Daniel Maya, André Cerf, Jean Guitton, Léonide Moguy, Charles Spaak

Cast

Lucien Baroux

as Prosper Martin

Gabrielle Dorziat

as Mme Granval, the director

Pauline Carton

as Mlle Coltilde

Milly Mathis

as Gervaise

Madeleine Robinson

as Denise Mériel, the mother

Jane Pierson

as The manager

Georges Vitray

as Dalbret

Marcel Maupi

as Marius Rabut

Jean Périer

as The priest

Gilbert Gil

as Robert Bourgeon, the father

Marcel Carpentier

as The cook

René Bergeron

as The mechanic

André Siméon

as The drunk

Pierre Juvenet

as The coadjutor

Philippe

as The child

Nane Germon

as Simone

Anne Doria

as Valentine

Wally Carveno

as Geneviève

Claire Gérard

as The seamstress

Elisabeth Aumont

as A student

Léonce Corne

as The junkman (uncredited)

Jenny Carol

as A student (uncredited)

Michèle Morgan

as A student (uncredited)

Jacqueline Pacaud

as A student (uncredited)

Foun-Sen

as A student (uncredited)

Janine Darcey

as (uncredited)

Gary Garland

as (uncredited)

René Lacourt

as (uncredited)

Roger Rosen

as (uncredited)