
“THEY GROW! THEY COO! THEY ACT! THEY LAUGH! THEY PLAY!”
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
Release Date: 3/12/1936
Runtime: 95 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Henry King
00Companies: 20th Century Fox
Countries: United States of America
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The first of three films with the Fab Five, this also launched a series for Hersholt, who plays the wise, dedicated doctor. As ‘Dr. Christian’ he would become a welcome figure, dispensing comforting wisdom to those in need. The running time is filled out by an uncompelling subplot about reckless aviator Whalen’s wooing of Lang, to the chagrin of gruff father, Barrat. Director King was an old hand at depicting idyllic scenes of hard country life, so handles the atmosphere expertly. The Quints arrive eventually for some candid scenes of their early domestic life. Unashamedly sentimental, this wowed audiences when released, it does show some of the hysterical carnival-like atmosphere that the births spawned as reporters, sightseers and religious figures convened on the little shack in the woods, hoping for a glimpse of children.
Marie Dionne
Marie, a Wyatt Quintuplet

Jean Hersholt
Dr. John Luke
Yvonne Dionne
Yvonne, a Wyatt Quintuplet
Annette Dionne
Annette, a Wyatt Quintuplet
Cécile Dionne
Cécile, a Wyatt Quintuplet
Émilie Dionne
Émilie, a Wyatt Quintuplet
Marie Dionne
Marie, a Wyatt Quintuplet

June Lang
Mary MacKenzie

Slim Summerville
Constable Jim Ogden

Michael Whalen
Tony Luke

Dorothy Peterson
Nurse Katherine Kennedy

Robert Barrat
MacKenzie

Jane Darwell
Mrs. Graham
2018