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Father Goose Overview:

Father Goose (1964) was a Comedy - Adventure Film directed by Ralph Nelson and produced by Robert Arthur.

Academy Awards 1964 --- Ceremony Number 37 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Film EditingTed J. KentNominated
Best WritingStory by S. H. Barnett; Screenplay by Peter Stone, Frank TarloffWon
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Father Goose (1964)

By Beatrice on May 6, 2018 From Flickers in Time

Father Goose Directed by Ralph Nelson Written by Peter Stone and Frank Taroff; story by S.H. Barnett Granox Company First viewing/Netflix rental No actor ever aged better than Cary Grant.  Here in Silver Fox mode he still makes a very credible and funny love interest. The story takes place in t... Read full article

TV/Movie Set : Father Goose ( 1964 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 24, 2017 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

It is easy to praise the art directors who create visually stunning sets, those that are opulent ( Anastasia, The King and I, The Sound of Music ) or creative and modern ( Top Hat, Grand Hotel, The Thief of Bagdad ).....but the work put into designing a set that perfectly complements the film's stor... Read full article

Father Goose(1964).

By Dawn Sample on May 25, 2013 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Father Goose(1964). Romantic/comedy set in World War II. Cast: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. The title comes from "Mother Goose", the code-name assigned to Grant's character. The film won an Academy Award for its screenplay. The film introduced the song "Pass Me By" by Cy Coleman and C... Read full article

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Father Goose Quotes:

Catherine Freneau: How in English do you say "parachute"?
Walter Eckland: Uh... Parachute.
Walter Eckland: [to the French girls] You two get in the bottom of the boat.
[pause]
Walter Eckland: Get in the bottom of the boat!
Catherine Freneau: They don't understand English.
Walter Eckland: Sure they do.
[puts them in the boat]
Walter Eckland: See?
Walter Eckland: Lady, you are making a powerful enemy.
Walter Eckland: All those miles of open sea and back again a man would need something to keep warm, now, wouldn't he?
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: 2 bottles.
Walter Eckland: All of them, Frank.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Three.
Walter Eckland: All of them, Frank.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Five.
Walter Eckland: All of them, Frank.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: Got a pencil?
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: [Telling Walter the code-names to be used on the radio] I'm Big Bad Wolf, Stebbings here is Bo Peep, and you're...
Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: Mother Goose, Sir.
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: That's it. You're Mother Goose. Now try and remember all that, Walter. It's bloody important.
Walter Eckland: Yeah, bloody.
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Father Goose Facts
Frank's remark to Walter that the Japanese had taken Singapore that morning fixes the date the film opens as February 15, 1942. The official surrender, however, did not take place until 5:15 in the afternoon.
Cary Grant plays a scruffy whisky-swilling beachcomber sailor in this movie, Cary Grant is considered to be 'cast against type' for this role, quite antithetical to his suave sophisticated debonair on-screen persona.
Walter's boat, which he bought from one Mr. Van De Hoven, is named "Vrolijkheid", which is Dutch for "Glee".
The meaning and relevance of this movie's title, Father Goose, is that it is derived from Cary Grant's code-name in the movie, which is "Mother Goose".
The production of this movie utilized about eight weeks in Hollywood at Universal Studios and about four weeks on location at a coconut plantation in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
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