Movie: 3 Is a Family

Top 10 Billed Cast

Marjorie Reynolds
Marjorie Reynolds

Kitty Mitchell

Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles

Sam Whitaker

Fay Bainter
Fay Bainter

Frances Whittaker

Helen Broderick
Helen Broderick

Irma

Arthur Lake
Arthur Lake

Archie Whittaker

Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel

Maid

Jeff Donnell
Jeff Donnell

Hazel Whittaker

John Philliber
John Philliber

Dr. Bartell

Walter Catlett
Walter Catlett

Barney Meeker

Clarence Kolb
Clarence Kolb

Mr. Steele

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    Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell). And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.

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    1944-11-23

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