Directed by:
S. Sylvan SimonCinematography:
Paul VogelCast:
Marjorie Main, Zasu Pitts, Aline MacMahon, Susan Peters, Lee Bowman, Guy Kibbee, Virginia Grey, Richard Quine, King Baggot, William Farnum, Sam Ash, Arthur Space (more)Plots(1)
Raw-boned, raspy-voiced, sixty-something Letitia "Tish" Carberry (Marjorie Main, who would find her greatest fame in the Ma Kettle film series) comes back to her hometown with a baby in her arms. "I'm a woman. It's a baby. It's mine!" she declares. Three splendid character actresses - Main, Zasu Pitts and Aline MacMahon - play three delightful spinsters in Tish, based on stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart. The old dears try their hands at matchmaking, get everything in a dreadful muddle, and end up caring for an orphaned baby they mistakenly believe is illegitimate. This warm comedy is laced with drama and punctuated with plenty of sight gags, including Main roller-skating in her Sunday best and the three stars tangling with a disgruntled bear on a camping trip. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Marjorie Main
USA
Best movies:
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The Harvey Girls (1946)
Summer Stock (1950)
Zasu Pitts
USA
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Aline MacMahon
USA
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Susan Peters
USA
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Lee Bowman
USA
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Guy Kibbee
USA
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Virginia Grey
USA
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Richard Quine
USA
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King Baggot
USA
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William Farnum
USA
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Sam Ash
USA
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Arthur Space
USA
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Nora Cecil
UK
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Robert Wayne
USA
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Howard C. Hickman
USA
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Robert Emmett O'Connor
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George Humbert
Italy
Best movies:
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Gertrude Hoffman
German Empire
Best movies:
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Gerald Oliver Smith
UK
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Al Shean
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