
Plot
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.
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Cast

Irene Dunne
Mama

Barbara Bel Geddes
Katrin

Oskar Homolka
Uncle Chris

Philip Dorn
Papa

Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Hyde

Edgar Bergen
Mr. Thorkelson

Rudy Vallee
Dr. Johnson

Barbara O'Neil
Jessie Brown

Florence Bates
Florence Dana Moorhead

Ellen Corby
Aunt Trina

Hope Landin
Aunt Jenny

Edith Evanson
Aunt Sigrid