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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780780648722
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0780648722
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 07, 2004
Running Time: 134 minutes
Sales Rank: 5899
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1948
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Product Description:
Irene Dunne stars as the mother anyone would love in this nostalgic picture directed by George Stevens. Chronicled by her aspiring-writer daughter (Barbara Bel Geddes) Mama is the matriarch of an immigrant Norwegian family in 1910 San Francisco. She and her husband bring up their four children with great humor and hope amid genteel poverty in a new land. Meddling relatives illnesses and near-death draw the family together and all are close to Mama the one person who can make things right. Nominated for five Academy Awards this endearing and heartwarming classic brings together a flawless supporting cast including Philip Dorn Sir Cedric Hardwicke Edgar Bergen Rudy Vallee and Ellen Corby. Year:1948Running Time: 134 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 053939683721
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This high point in the 1940s vogue for movies about family life at the turn of the century was directed by George Stevens (Shane), and stars Irene Dunne as the matriarch of a Norwegian family that faces hard knocks with grace in 1910 (or so) San Francisco. Based on John Van Druten's hit play (derived from Kathryn Forbes's autobiographical memoir), the film is gorgeously rendered and quite moving as an act of memory. The sterling cast of character actors--Edgar Bergen, Rudy Vallee, Oscar Homolka, Barbara Bel Geddes, Ellen Corby, Cedric Hardwicke--add great texture and a depth of experience that make the film feel quite lived-in. Hardwicke's turn as a penniless boarder who 'pays' his rent by reciting from classic literature is a special highlight. --Tom Keogh
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Rating:  - Heartwarming story & reminder of life in a simpler time.
I enjoyed this reminder of what my Norwegian ancestors experienced when they emigrated to this country. It brought back memories of my family stories of life back then, when life was much less complicated than we have today. Irene Dunne was exceptional in her role as Mama, as was the rest of the cast. Wonderful family film.
Rating:  - A great movie.
No drugs, no violence just a great entertaining movie from another generation. Did I say 'no drugs'? Well, there is coffee. I think you'll enjoy this movie.
Rating: - I Remember Mama
This movie is a classic and I remember watching it as a child, it's truely a family story, one you won't forget, very sweet.
Rating: - One Of Those Perfect Movies
Even though my family was English and French, I recognised each and every person portraid in this movie. I first saw I Remember Mama on the late movie back in the 50's when I was a kid and that era was still close enought to the time line of the story, that buildings and clothes were familier to me ( my great aunts dressed exactly like the women in the movie ). I don't know if younger viewers will enjoy it as much, but for me this is one of those perfect movies. I recently had occasion to to play I Remember Mama for my 88 year old father, who had never seen it.... he wept and asked to watch it again.
Rating: - Irene Dunne superb as Mama
I remember mama was on television tonight. I own the movie and had forgotten how truly wonderful this movie really is. It has moved up the list of my favorites. The plot is about a family of Norwegians who have immigrated to San Fransisco because her (Irene Dunne)sisters live there. This movie is set in the early 1900's and chronicle's the lives of the Hansens. Irene Dunne is truly an under-rated actress. I highly recommend this movie to all!
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