I Remember Mama

I Remember Mama

1948 | 2h 14m | Drama, Period Piece | TV-G

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Brief Synopsis

A warm, sentimental tale of the trials and tribulations of a family of Norwegian immigrants in turn-of-the-century San Francisco and the strong, big-hearted mother who holds them all together.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

George Stevens

CAST

Irene Dunne

Barbara Bel Geddes

Oscar Homolka

Philip Dorn

Cedric Hardwicke

Edgar Bergen

Rudy Vallee

Barbara O'Neil

Florence Bates

Peggy McIntyre

June Hedin

Steve Brown

Ellen Corby

Hope Landin

Edith Evanson

PRODUCERS

Harriet Parsons

WRITERS

DeWitt Bodeen

John Van Druten

Kathryn Forbes

Host Intros

01:30
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- I Remember Mama (1948)
Intro Aired: Jun 2020
Ben Mankiewicz Intro for I Remember Mama
Alicia Malone Intro -- I Remember Mama (1948)
Intro Aired: May 2018
Guest host Alicia Malone introduces I Remember Mama, 1948.
01:44
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- I Remember Mama (1948)
Intro Aired: Sep 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces I Remember Mama, 1948.
01:50
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- I Remember Mama (1948)
Intro Aired: Jul 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces I Remember Mama, 1948.
01:40
Dave Karger Intro -- I Remember Mama (1948)
Intro Aired: Feb 2017
Dave Karger introduces I Remember Mama, 1948.
01:52
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- I Remember Mama (1948)
Intro Aired: May 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces I Remember Mama, 1948.

Related Videos

I Remember Mama (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Everyone But Me!
Clip
Cranky Norweigan Uncle Kris (Oscar Homolka) intrudes with San Francisco Dr. Johnson (Rudy Vallee), who's determined that young Dagmar needs an operation, then gets told off by Marta (Irene Dunne, title character) in George Stevens' I Remember Mama, 1948, based on Kathryn Forbes' novel.
I Remember Mama (1948) -- (Movie Clip) First And Foremost
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A grown-up Katrin (Barbara Bel Geddes, assuming the voice of Katnryn Forbes, from her semi-autobiographical novel) reading her own prose, flashes back to San Francisco ca. 1910 and memories of her mother, Marta (Irene Dunne), opening George Stevens' I Remember Mama, 1948.
03:04
I Remember Mama (1948) -- (Movie Clip) The Tales From Two Cities
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A theme from the original novel by Kathryn Forbes, Barbara Bel Geddes in the narrators voice, recalling impecunious boarder Hyde (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) reading to her Norwegian immigrant family, headed by Irene Dunne, the title character, in George Stevens I Remember Mama, 1948.
03:01
I Remember Mama (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You Will Not Laugh At Her!
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Norwegian immigrant Irene Dunne (title character) her husband (Philip Dorn) in support, threatens elder sisters (Edith Evanson, Hope Landin), with retaliation if they are unkind to fourth sister Trina (Ellen Corby), who has confided marriage plans, in George Stevens I Remember Mama, 1948.
I Remember Mama (1948) -- (Movie Clip) All By Herself!
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Unmarried Norweigan immigrant Aunt Trina (Ellen Corby) drops by unaccompanied, to the surprise of her sister Marta (Irene Dunne, title character) and family, in early 20th century San Francisco, in George Stevens' I Remember Mama, 1948.
01:44
I Remember Mama - (Re-issue Trailer)
Trailer
Norwegian immigrants face the trials of family life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco in George Stevens' I Remember Mama, 1948, starring Irene Dunne and Barbara Bel Geddes.

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