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Our Mother's House (1967) - What's An Orphanage?

Eldest Elsa (Margaret Brooks) reads to siblings (Louis Sheldon Williams, Pamela Franklin, Mark Lester, John Gugolka, Sarah Nicholls et al) from the will of their mother, whose passing they elect to conceal from the wider world, early in director Jack Clayton’s Our Mother’s House, 1967.

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Our Mother's House - (Original Trailer)
Afraid of being separated, a family of children keep their mother's death a secret in Our Mother's House (1967) starring Dick Bogarde.
Our Mother's House (1967) - It's Nearly Mother Time
Margaret Brooks is Elsa, eldest of the seven Hook children, returned to their London home with the shopping, organizing Hubert (Louis Sheldon Williams) and the others for their daily visit with their ailing mother, opening Jack Clayton’s film from the Julian Gloag novel, Our Mother’s House, 1967, starring Dirk Bogarde.
Our Mother's House (1967) - Like Ostriches In The Sand
Their teacher (Claire Davidson), searching for their friend Louis (Parnham Wallace), is about to discover the Hook children (Margaret Brooks, Louis Sheldon Williams et al) have concealed the death of their mother when their estranged father Charlie (top-billed Dirk Bogarde, his first scene) appears, in Our Mother’s House, 1967.
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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Our Mother's House (1967)
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Our Mother’s House, 1967.

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