Directed by:
James V. KernCinematography:
Arthur EdesonComposer:
Friedrich HollaenderCast:
Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, Lucile Watson, S.Z. Sakall, Forrest Tucker, Donald Woods, Peggy Knudsen, Hattie McDaniel, Patti Brady, Arthur Shields, Monte Blue (more)Plots(1)
Seven-year-old Phillippa "Flip" Gayley (Patti Brady) wants a family...her own. So she plots to get her divorced parents, who love her (and secretly each other), back to the altar. Will she succeed? Well, just take a glance at the title. Errol Flynn and Eleanor Parker play the parted parents in a warmhearted romantic comedy made merry with a dash of Christmas fun, including Flynn padded out as Santa in a farcical mistaken-identity scene with another Santa.
Other complications include a curvaceous model (Peggy Knudsen) with her eye on Mr. Gayley and a strapping Marine (Forrest Tucker) who thinks Mrs. Gayley is his secret pen pal. Never underestimate the power of a precocious seven-year-old!
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Errol Flynn
Australia
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Captain Blood (1935)
Eleanor Parker
USA
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Caged (1950)
Detective Story (1951)
Lucile Watson
Canada
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Little Women (1949)
S.Z. Sakall
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Forrest Tucker
USA
Best movies:
Katy Caterpillar (1984)
The Yearling (1946)
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
Donald Woods
Canada
Best movies:
Anthony Adverse (1936)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
True Grit (1969)
Peggy Knudsen
USA
Best movies:
The Big Sleep (1946)
A Stolen Life (1946)
Humoresque (1946)
Hattie McDaniel
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Carefree (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Patti Brady
USA
Best movies:
State of the Union (1948)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Arthur Shields
Ireland
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Madame Curie (1943)
Monte Blue
USA
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Sam McDaniel
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Union Pacific (1939)
Tom Tyler
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Fred Kelsey
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Love Is News (1937)
Brick Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
William 'Billy' Benedict
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Killing (1956)
Charles Coleman
Australia
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Love Is News (1937)
Ralph Sanford
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
The Heiress (1949)
Tom D'Andrea
USA
Best movies:
Silver River (1948)
Dark Passage (1947)
Humoresque (1946)