Movie
Forty Little Mothers
Released: April 26, 1940 (1940)
Runtime: 90 minutes
Genres: Drama
An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Ralph Morgan as Judge Joseph M. Williams
Age at release: 56
- Esther Dale as Mrs. Mason the Landlady
Age at release: 54
- Eddie Cantor as Gilbert Jordan Thompson
Age at release: 48
- Judith Anderson as Madame Granville
Age at release: 43
- Nydia Westman as Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
Age at release: 38
- Rita Johnson as Marian Edwards
Age at release: 26
- Diana Lewis as Marcia
Age at release: 20
- Martha O'Driscoll as Janette
Age at release: 18
- Bonita Granville as Doris
Age at release: 17
- Veronica Lake as Granville Girl
Age at release: 17
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- Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Miss Porter
Age at release: 61
- John Ince as Bailiff
Age at release: 61
- Harry Depp as Harry - Judge's Secretary
Age at release: 57
- Selmer Jackson as Missing Persons Detective
Age at release: 51
- Ed Brady as Job Seeker
Age at release: 50
- Richard Cramer as Hiring Boss
Age at release: 50
- Claire Du Brey as Gym Teacher
Age at release: 47
- Jack Chefe as Lawyer
Age at release: 46
- James Conaty as Alumni Dinner Guest
Age at release: 44
- Edna Holland as Miss Higgins
Age at release: 44
- Margaret Bert as Teacher
Age at release: 43
- Stephen Chase as Professor Lange
Age at release: 38
- Perc Launders as Bailiff
Age at release: 35
- Louise La Planche as Teenager
Age at release: 21
- Margaret Early as Eleanor
Age at release: 20
- Frances Gifford as Granville Girl
Age at release: 19
- Charlotte Munier as Lois
Age at release: Unknown
- Louise Seidel as Betty
Age at release: Unknown
- Baby Quintanilla as 'Chum'
Age at release: Unknown
- George Bookasta as Carlos
Age at release: Unknown