Overview
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.
Cast
- Irene Dunne as Mama
- Barbara Bel Geddes as Katrin
- Oskar Homolka as Uncle Chris
- Philip Dorn as Papa
- Cedric Hardwicke as Mr. Hyde
- Edgar Bergen as Mr. Thorkelson
- Rudy Vallee as Dr. Johnson
- Barbara O'Neil as Jessie Brown
- Florence Bates as Florence Dana Moorhead
- Peggy McIntire as Christine