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I Remember Mama Overview:

I Remember Mama (1948) was a Drama - Family Film directed by George Stevens and produced by George Stevens and Harriet Parsons.

Academy Awards 1948 --- Ceremony Number 21 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Supporting ActorOscar HomolkaNominated
Best ActressIrene DunneNominated
Best Supporting ActressBarbara Bel GeddesNominated
Best Supporting ActressEllen CorbyNominated
Best CinematographyNicholas MusuracaNominated
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I Remember Mama BlogHub Articles:

A Tree Grows in Brookyln (1945): The Precursor to I Remember Mama

By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 22, 2019 From 4 Star Films

The reveries of a Saturday afternoon in childhood are where A Tree Grows in Brooklyn chooses to begin and it proves a fine entry point, giving us an instant feel for the world the Irish neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Its contours are impoverished, even harsh, but also richly American. The... Read full article

I Remember Mama (1948)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 25, 2017 From 4 Star Films

Initially, I Remember Mama comes off underwhelmingly. It’s overlong, there’s little conflict, and some of the things the story spends time teasing out seem odd and inconsequential at best. Still, within that framework is a narrative that manages to be rewarding for its utter sincerity ... Read full article

I Remember Mama (1948)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 25, 2017 From 4 Star Films

Initially, I Remember Mama comes off underwhelmingly. It’s overlong, there’s little conflict, and some of the things the story spends time teasing out seem odd and inconsequential at best. Still, within that framework is a narrative that manages to be rewarding for its utter sincerity ... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: I REMEMBER MAMA (1948)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jul 2, 2014 From Virtual Virago

Nominated for five Academy Awards, I Remember Mama (1948) is one of those movies that requires a handful of hankies to watch, especially for those who have fond memories of their own mothers. George Stevens’ nostalgic melodrama has all the right ingredients for a classic tearjerker, including ... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: I REMEMBER MAMA (1948)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jul 2, 2014 From Virtual Virago

Nominated for five Academy Awards, I Remember Mama (1948) is one of those movies that requires a handful of hankies to watch, especially for those who have fond memories of their own mothers. George Stevens’ nostalgic melodrama has all the right ingredients for a classic tearjerker, including ... Read full article

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I Remember Mama Quotes:

Katrin Hanson: [reading the novel that she's just finished] "For long as I could remember, the house on the Larkin Street Hill had been home. Papa and Mama had both born in Norway but they came to San Francisco because Mama's sisters were here, all of us were born here. Nels, the oldest and the only boy, my sister Christine and the littlest sister Dagmar but first and foremost I remember Mama".
Dr. Johnson: I'll do the operation myself.
Uncle Chris Halverson: I'll watch.
Dr. Johnson: [exasperated] You will do no such thing, sir!
Uncle Chris Halverson: Always I watch operation. I'm the head of the family.
Dr. Johnson: I allow no-one to attend my operations!
Uncle Chris Halverson: Are so bad?
Dr. Johnson: Are you a physician, sir?
Uncle Chris Halverson: I'm a better physician than most doctors!
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I Remember Mama Facts
Greta Garbo turned down the role of Martha around the same time she also rejected the lead in Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case. She is reputed to have commented, "No murderesses, no mamas."
Was the basis for the last musical ("I Remember Mama"- 1979) that Richard Rodgers wrote, starring Liv Ullmann and George Hearn. The original Broadway production opened on May 31, 1979 at the Majestic Theater and ran for 108 performances.
This was the first film in which ventriloquist Edgar Bergen appeared without his dummy, Charlie McCarthy.
The previous play was produced on Broadway by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The film's producers purchased the rights for $2500 for each week of the play's run, up to $150,000, on the condition that the film would not be made until the play closed. The stage version ended up running for nearly two years. The original Broadway production opened on October 19, 1944 at the Music Box Theater and ran for 713 performances with a cast that included Marlon Brando in his Broadway debut.
Paramount Pictures received 25% of the film's distribution gross because in 1947, it had bought Liberty Films, Inc., in which director George Stevens was part owner.
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