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Mother Carey's Chickens is a 1938 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' novel of the same title.
Originally Katharine Hepburn was assigned to the lead role. She refused, however, 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.
Original Release
07/29/1938
US Release
07/29/1938
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Anne Shirley | Nancy Carey |
| Ruby Keeler | Katherine 'Kitty' Carey / Kitty Carey |
| James Ellison | Ralph Thurston |
| Fay Bainter | Mrs. Margaret Carey |
| Walter Brennan | Mr. Ossian Popham / Ossian Popham |
| Donnie Dunagan | Peter Carey |
| Frank Albertson | Tom Hamilton Jr. |
| Alma Kruger | Aunt Bertha |
| Jackie Moran | Gilbert Carey |
| Margaret Hamilton | Mrs. Pauline Fuller / Pauline Fuller |
Directors
Writers
Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rachel Crothers, S.K. Lauren, Gertrude Purcell
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Anne Shirley | Nancy Carey |
| Ruby Keeler | Katherine 'Kitty' Carey / Kitty Carey |
| James Ellison | Ralph Thurston |
| Fay Bainter | Mrs. Margaret Carey |
| Walter Brennan | Mr. Ossian Popham / Ossian Popham |
| Donnie Dunagan | Peter Carey |
| Frank Albertson | Tom Hamilton Jr. |
| Alma Kruger | Aunt Bertha |
| Jackie Moran | Gilbert Carey |
| Margaret Hamilton | Mrs. Pauline Fuller / Pauline Fuller |
| Virginia Weidler | Lally Joy Popham |
| Ralph Morgan | Captain John Carey / Capt. John Carey |
| Phyllis Kennedy | Annabelle, the Careys' maid / Annabelle |
| Harvey Clark | Mr. Clarence Fuller / Clarence Fuller |
| Lucille Ward | Mrs. Martha Popham / Martha Popham |
| George Irving | Mr. Thomas Hamilton Sr. / Thomas Hamilton Sr. |
| Marie L. Day | Old woman in Popham's store |
| Lew Kelly | Paperhanger |
