Forty Little Mothers

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Forty Little Mothers
Directed by	Busby Berkeley
Produced by	Harry Rapf
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	26 April 1940
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Forty Little Mothers is a 1940 American film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Eddie Cantor.

Surprisingly, given the involvement of both Cantor and Berkeley, this is a more-or-less straight drama with limited musical numbers. A mild-tempered college professor newly assigned to an all-girl's school falls instantly out of favor, because he has replaced a more popular "heartthrob" professor, and is also forced to conceal his new adoption of an abandoned girl.

The "Granville Girls" students seen here include many of MGM's starlets of the time, including an unbilled Veronica Lake and the deadpan singer Virginia O'Brien.

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Eddie Cantor as Gilbert Jordan Thompson
Judith Anderson as Madame Granville
Ralph Morgan as Judge Joseph M. Williams
Rita Johnson as Marian Edwards
Bonita Granville as Doris
Diana Lewis as Marcia
Nydia Westman as Madamoiselle Cliche
Margaret Early as Eleanor
Martha O'Driscoll as Janette
unbilled players include Joe Yule, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Esther Dale, Veronica Lake, Selmer Jackson, Virginia O'Brien, and Virginia Sale

[edit] External links

Forty Little Mothers at the Internet Movie Database

v d e Busby Berkeley: Choreographer and director

Broadway pre-Hollywood	Holka Polka (chor,1925) The Wild Rose (chor,1926) Lady Do (chor,1927) A Connecticut Yankee (chor,1927) White Eagle (chor,1927) Present Arms (chor,1928) Earl Carroll's Vanities (1928) (chor,1928) Good Boy (chor,1928) Rainbow (chor,1928) Hello, Daddy (chor,1928) Pleasure Bound (chor,1929) A Night in Venice (chor,1929) Broadway Nights (chor,1929) The Street Singer (dir & prod,1929) Nine-Fifteen Revue (chor,1930) The International Review (chor,1930) Sweet and Low (chor,1930)

1930s	Whoopee! (chor,1930) Kiki (chor,1931) Palmy Days (chor,1931) Flying High (chor,1931) Sky Devils (chor,1932) Girl Crazy (chor,1932) Night World (chor,1932) Bird of Paradise (chor,1932) The Kid From Spain (chor,1932) 42nd Street (chor,1933) Gold Diggers of 1933 (chor,1933) She Had To Say Yes (dir,1933) Footlight Parade (chor,1933) Roman Scandals (chor,1933) Dames (dir mus nmbrs,1934) Fashions of 1934 (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1934) Wonder Bar (chor,1934) Gold Diggers of 1935 (dir & chor,1935) Bright Lights (dir,1935) I Live For Love (dir & chor,1935) In Caliente (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1935) Stars Over Broadway (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1935) Stage Struck (dir,1936) Varsity Show (dir finale,1937) The Singing Marine (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1937) Gold Diggers of 1937 (dir mus nmbrs,1937) The Go Getter (dir,1937) Hollywood Hotel (dir & chor,1937) Men Are Such Fools (dir,1938) Gold Diggers in Paris (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1938) Garden of the Moon (dir,1938) Comet Over Broadway (dir,1938) Broadway Serenade (dir finale,1939) They Made Me a Criminal (dir,1939) Fast and Furious (dir,1939) Babes in Arms (dir,1939) The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow's dance-cut,1939)

1940s	Forty Little Mothers (dir,1940) Strike Up The Band (dir,1940) Blonde Inspiration (dir,1941) Lady Be Good (dir mus nmbrs,1941) Ziegfeld Girl (dir mus nmbrs,1941) Babes on Broadway (dir,1941) For Me and My Gal (dir,1942) Calling All Girls (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1942) Born to Sing (dir finale,1942) Cabin in the Sky (dir "Shine" seq,1943) The Gang's All Here (dir & chor,1943) Three Cheers for the Girls (chor,1943) Girl Crazy (dir."I Got Rhythm",1943) All Star Musical Revue (dir mus nmbrs,1945) Cinderella Jones (dir,1946) Romance on the High Seas (chor,1948) Take Me Out to the Ball Game (dir,1949)

1950s	Annie Get Your Gun (dir-cut,1950) Big Town (dir TV series,1950) Weeks With Love (chor,1950) Call Me Mister (chor,1950) Ticket to Broadway (chor,1951) Million Dollar Mermaid (chor,1952) Small Town Girl (chor,1953) Easy to Love (chor,1953) Rose Marie (chor,1954)

1960s	Billy Rose's Jumbo (chor & dir 2nd unit,1962)

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