Mother Carey's Chickens (film)
1938 film by Rowland V. Lee / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mother Carey's Chickens is a 1938 American drama film starring Anne Shirley and Ruby Keeler. The film was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based upon a 1917 play by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Rachel Crothers, which in turn was adapted from Wiggins' Mother Carey's Chickens.
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Directed by | Rowland V. Lee |
Written by | S.K. Lauren Gertrude Purcell |
Based on | Mother Carey's Chickens 1911 novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin |
Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
Starring | Anne Shirley Ruby Keeler Walter Brennan |
Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
Edited by | George Hively |
Music by | Roy Webb |
Production company | RKO Radio Pictures |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $358,000[1] |
Box office | $703,000[1] |
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Originally Katharine Hepburn was assigned to the lead role, but she refused and left RKO in order to avoid having to appear in the film.
In 1963, Walt Disney released Summer Magic, a loose remake of this film, with Hayley Mills as Nancy Carey.