Overview

An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.

Cast

Eddie Cantor, Bonita Granville, Judith Anderson, Rita Johnson, Ralph Morgan, Martha O'Driscoll, Veronica Lake, Nydia Westman

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What is "Forty Little Mothers" about?

An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.

When was "Forty Little Mothers" released?

Forty Little Mothers was released in 1940.

Who stars in "Forty Little Mothers"?

The cast includes Eddie Cantor, Bonita Granville, Judith Anderson, Rita Johnson.