I Remember Mama

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

Irene Dunne

as Mama

Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes

as Katrin

Oskar Homolka

Oskar Homolka

as Uncle Chris

Philip Dorn

Philip Dorn

as Papa

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

as Mr. Hyde

Edgar Bergen

Edgar Bergen

as Mr. Thorkelson

Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee

as Dr. Johnson

Barbara O'Neil

Barbara O'Neil

as Jessie Brown

Florence Bates

Florence Bates

as Florence Dana Moorhead

Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

as Aunt Trina

Reviews

CinemaSerf

The "Hansen' family arrive in San Francisco from Norway at the start of the twentieth century. Under the guidance of their matriarch "Mama" (Irene Dunne) the family set down roots and begin to live their lives in their new home - and for the next 2¼ hours we are immersed in a chronicle of their tria...

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