Four Mothers (1941)
- Starring:
- Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, (more)
- Director(s):
- William Keighley
Synopsis of Four Mothers
Four Mothers was the last of three films inspired by Fannie Hurst's sentimental novel Sister Act. As in the earlier Four Daughters and Four Wives, the quartet of heroines-Ann, Kay, Thea and Emma Lemp-are enacted by real-life siblings Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola Lane, and by Gale Page as the fourth sister. As the film opens, all four daughters are happily married, and three are mothers. The girls return to the home of their musician-father Adam Lemp (Claude Rains) for a family reunion, whereupon Thea's husband Ben Crowley (Frank McHugh) inveigles the family and the rest of the community into investing in a "land boom." A disastrous hurricane wipes out everyone's hopes-and their bank accounts-but things begin to look up a bit in the final reel. As a bonus, the previously barren fourth daughter Emma announces that she has finally become pregnant (thereby justifying the title). Like its predecessors, Four Mothers is expertly produced, directed and acting, but the franchise was beginning to wear out its welcome. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Four Mothers
- Priscilla Lane - Ann Lemp Dietz
- Lola Lane - Thea Lemp Crowley
- Claude Rains - Adam Lemp
- Eddie Albert - Clint Forrest
- Frank McHugh - Ben Crowley
- Vera Lewis - Mrs. Ridgefield
- Rosemary Lane - Kay Lemp Forrest
- Gale Page - Emma Lemp Talbot
- Jeffrey Lynn - Felix Dietz
- May Robson - Aunt Etta
- Dick Foran - Ernest Talbot
- Director(s):
- William Keighley
- Writer(s):
- Stephen Morehouse Avery, Fannie Hurst
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