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Yours, Mine And Ours Details

1968 Certificate PG
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After being set up by a matchmaker, naval officer Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda, THE GRAPES OF WRATH)--a widowed father with ten children--falls in love with Helen North (Lucille Ball, I LOVE LUCY), a naval base nurse who has eight children. They marry and the couple and their 18 children move into one house, where all manner of .. Read more

Starring Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Van Johnson
Director Melville Shavelson
Genres Comedy

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After being set up by a matchmaker, naval officer Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda, THE GRAPES OF WRATH)--a widowed father with ten children--falls in love with Helen North (Lucille Ball, I LOVE LUCY), a naval base nurse who has eight children. They marry and the couple and their 18 children move into one house, where all manner of complications occur. The sweet and good natured movie is based on the real life experiences of Helen North Beardsley, as recounted in her book WHO GETS THE DRUMSTICK? Lucille Ball demonstrates a masterful comic turn and Henry Fonda puts in a sterling performance. The two combine to create a number of highly humorous scenes. The film's plot is reminiscent of the 1950 film CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN--which was about the trials and tribulations of a large family--and was remade in 2003, starring Steve Martin. YOURS, MINE AND OURS received the remake treatment itself in 2005 as a vehicle for Renee Russo and Dennis Quaid.

Starring Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Van Johnson
Director Melville Shavelson
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 51 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Dubbed German
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Dutch, German, English, Turkish, HIndi
Released DVD: 31 Jul 2006
Production year: 1968
Format DVD

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  • A horrendously cute premise: Navy widower with ten children meets and marries Navy widow with eight. There's worse to... read more on Time Out

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    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Perfectly okay, in a dull sort of way

    Writer-director Melville Shavelson had already made a film called 'Room for one more', about a couple adopting any number of babies, and he would later remake it as 'Mixed blessings'. In between came this film about a couple getting married, despite (or because of) the fact that, between them, they have eighteen kids. You could say that Mr Shavelson had a thing about directing children.

    This one is helped immensely by the expert playing of Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball as mom and pop, both relaxed in their roles and running through all the expected gags. It's a little elephantine at 107 minutes, especially given that nothing much happens (it's never in any doubt that there will be a happily ever after, since the whole picture is narrated by Fonda and Ball), and there's a lack of any real invention, but for those looking for something like a hangover film - easy on the eye and the nerves - you could do worse.

      • Savage from London, England
      • Posted 17 Jan 2008 15:19

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Perfectly okay, in a dull sort of way

    Writer-director Melville Shavelson had already made a film called 'Room for one more', about a couple adopting any number of babies, and he would later remake it as 'Mixed blessings'. In between came this film about a couple getting married, despite (or because of) the fact that, between them, they have eighteen kids. You could say that Mr Shavelson had a thing about directing children.

    This one is helped immensely by the expert playing of Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball as mom and pop, both relaxed in their roles and running through all the expected gags. It's a little elephantine at 107 minutes, especially given that nothing much happens (it's never in any doubt that there will be a happily ever after, since the whole picture is narrated by Fonda and Ball), and there's a lack of any real invention, but for those looking for something like a hangover film - easy on the eye and the nerves - you could do worse.

      • Savage from London, England
      • Posted 17 Jan 2008 15:19

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      • After being set up by a matchmaker, naval officer Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda, THE GRAPES OF WRATH)--a widowed father with ten children--falls in love with Helen North (Lucille Ball, I LOVE LUCY), a ...