Still another Irene Dunne memorable vehicle, this time, it's 1948's "I Remember Mama." Miss Dunne was nominated for best actress once more and once more she would lose, this time to Jane Wyman, as a deaf mute, in "Johnny Belinda."
What makes this movie so good is that it is the story of wonderful relations existing in a Norwegian family that has migrated to San Francisco circa the turn of the 20th century. We saw such warmness in the memorable "How Green Was My Valley," in 1941.
Mama (Dunne) wants only the best for her family. It shows poverty, but it shows the warmth and love as well as devotion that saw the family through. Remember Miss Dunne washing the floors in the hospital so that she could stay with her ill daughter? Poignantly done and so well remembered.
Besides Dunne, we have Philip Dorn as the father. We also have wonderful Oscar nominated supporting performances by Barbara Bel Geddes, as a loving daughter, and a memorable, but small part by Ellen Corby as spinster Aunt Trina.
Oscar Homolka earned a best supporting Oscar nomination for his role of the loud uncle who really had a heart of gold.
Wonderful family values are depicted. A delight that will bring a tear to your eye.
What makes this movie so good is that it is the story of wonderful relations existing in a Norwegian family that has migrated to San Francisco circa the turn of the 20th century. We saw such warmness in the memorable "How Green Was My Valley," in 1941.
Mama (Dunne) wants only the best for her family. It shows poverty, but it shows the warmth and love as well as devotion that saw the family through. Remember Miss Dunne washing the floors in the hospital so that she could stay with her ill daughter? Poignantly done and so well remembered.
Besides Dunne, we have Philip Dorn as the father. We also have wonderful Oscar nominated supporting performances by Barbara Bel Geddes, as a loving daughter, and a memorable, but small part by Ellen Corby as spinster Aunt Trina.
Oscar Homolka earned a best supporting Oscar nomination for his role of the loud uncle who really had a heart of gold.
Wonderful family values are depicted. A delight that will bring a tear to your eye.