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9 August 1938 (USA) morePlot:
Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. moreUser Comments:
Garfield classic more (17 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Priscilla Lane | ... | Ann Lemp | |
| Rosemary Lane | ... | Kay Lemp | |
| Lola Lane | ... | Thea Lemp | |
| Gale Page | ... | Emma Lemp | |
| Claude Rains | ... | Adam Lemp | |
| Jeffrey Lynn | ... | Felix Deitz | |
| John Garfield | ... | Mickey Borden | |
| Dick Foran | ... | Ernest Talbot | |
| Frank McHugh | ... | Ben Crowley | |
| May Robson | ... | Aunt Etta | |
| Vera Lewis | ... | Mrs. Ridgefield | |
| Donald Kerr | ... | Earl | |
| Tom Dugan | ... | Jake | |
| Eddie Acuff | ... | Sam | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Joe Cunningham | ... | Waiter | |
| Wilfred Lucas | ... | Doctor | |
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Mickey Borden: I wouldn't win first prize if I were the only entry in the contest.Ann Lemp: Mathematically speaking, I think you'd stand a fine chance.
Mickey Borden: You think they'd let me win?
Ann Lemp: Who?
Mickey Borden: They.
Ann Lemp: Who?
Mickey Borden: The fates, the destinies, whoever they are that decide what we do or don't get.
Ann Lemp: What do you mean?
Mickey Borden: They've been at me now nearly a quarter of a century. No let-up. First they said, "Let him do without parents. He'll get along." Then they decided, "He doesn't need any education. That's for sissies." Then right at the beginning, they tossed a coin. "Heads he's poor, tails he's rich." So they tossed a coin...
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Referenced in Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? (2005) (V) moreSoundtrack:
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It's not hard to see why this powerful introduction to the public of one of the iconic film stars was so sensational. Not unlike Brando in Streetcar, except that the material is quite sentimental and makes Garfield's performance seem even that much edgier and magnetic. Not that this is a Life With Father With Angry Young Man, the script is intelligent and the conflicts believable. Priscilla Lane is wonderfully naturalistic as the youngest daughter with 2 men in love with her, including Garfield's Mickey Borden. And as always, Claude Rains' performance as the widower father and May Robson's as the live-in Aunt Etta, are fine and provide a lot of humor. The movie does have both a light and a heavy touch, intermingled deftly. Probably deserving of the Oscar nominations it received for 1938, but not of two sequels...