3 Is a Family (1944)
1h 21m
Running Time
November 23, 1944Release Date
3 Is a Family (1944)
1h 21m
Running Time
November 23, 1944Release Date
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Plot.
Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell). And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.
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Cast & Crew.
Marjorie Reynolds
Kitty Mitchell
Charles Ruggles
Sam Whitaker
Fay Bainter
Frances Whittaker
Helen Broderick
Irma
Arthur Lake
Archie Whittaker
Hattie McDaniel
Maid
Jeff Donnell
Hazel Whittaker
John Philliber
Dr. Bartell
Walter Catlett
Barney Meeker
Clarence Kolb
Mr. Steele
Elsa Janssen
Adelaide
Renie Riano
Genevieve
Warren Hymer
Coolie
Clyde Fillmore
Mr. Spencer
Christian Rub
Bellboy
Cheryl Walker
Marian Franklin
Christine Forsyth
Delivery Girl
Edward Ludwig
Director
Alfred Ybarra
Art Direction
Marjorie L. Pfaelzer
Screenplay
Werner R. Heymann
Original Music Composer
Robert O. Crandall
Editor
Charles Previn
Music Director
John Burch
Assistant Director
Details.
This Movie Is About.
based on play or musical
babies
farce
Wiki.
Three Is a Family is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Marjorie Reynolds, Charlie Ruggles, and Fay Bainter. It is an adaptation of the hit 1943 play Three's a Family by Henry Ephron and Phoebe Ephron which ran for 497 performances on Broadway. It was distributed by United Artists. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (W. V. Wolfe).