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Four Daughters ()

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A musician is blessed with four musical prodigies, all girls, and cursed when a troubled young composer enters the lives of his Four Daughters.
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  • Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
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Adam Lemp
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Felix Deitz
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Mickey Borden
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Ben Crowley
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Aunt Etta Lemp
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Emma Lemp
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Ernest Talbot
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Mrs. Ridgefield
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Jake
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Sam
Donald Kerr ...
Earl
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Ann Lemp
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Kay Lemp
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Thea Lemp
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Joe Cunningham ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence ...
Mrs. Ridgefield's friend (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
Jerry Mandy ...
Man (uncredited)

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Michael Curtiz

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Julius J. Epstein ... (screen play) and
Lenore J. Coffee ... (screen play) (as Lenore Coffee)
 
Fannie Hurst ... (from the Cosmopolitan Magazine story by)
 
Lawrence Kimble ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)
 
Thyra Samter Winslow ... (contributor to treatment) (uncredited)

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Henry Blanke ... associate producer (uncredited)
Benjamin Glazer ... associate producer (uncredited)
Hal B. Wallis ... producer (uncredited)

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Max Steiner

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Ernest Haller ... (photography by) (as Ernie Haller)

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Ralph Dawson ... film editor

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John Hughes

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Orry-Kelly ... (gowns)

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Al Alleborn ... unit manager (uncredited)

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Sherry Shourds ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Stanley Jones ... sound

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Leo F. Forbstein ... musical director
Hugo Friedhofer ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Ray Heindorf ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Max Rabinowitz ... composer: "Mickey Borden's Theme" (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld ... composer: theme "Rhapsody" (uncredited)

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Irving Rapper ... dialogue director
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Plot Summary

Adam Lemp, the Dean of the Briarwood Music Foundation, has passed on his love of music to his four early adult daughters - Thea, Emma, Kay and Ann - who live with him and his sister, the girls' Aunt Etta, in the long time family home. Of the four, Kay has the greatest promise as a musical performer, specifically as a singer. Theirs is a loving family, however much the girls exasperate their father with their love of popular music, since he loves only the classics, most specifically Beethoven. The girls support each other however they can, but each is an individual with her own distinct personality and wants, including the type of man each wants as a husband. Practical but deep in her heart romantic Emma has long been courted by their next door neighbor, unassuming florist Ernest Talbot, and clever Thea wants to be Mrs. Ben Crowley, he a wealthy up and coming banker with prospects. Only the youngest, the fun loving Ann, states that she doesn't want to get married. Their collective lives change with the entry into their lives of two men. The first is Adam's old friend's son, popular music composer and conductor Felix Deitz, who easily gets a job at the foundation using his natural and sincere charm which he applies to all equally. Many women misconstrue that charm for romantic interest. The second is Felix's acquaintance, musician Mickey Borden, who he hires to orchestrate his latest composition. Mickey has a chip on his shoulders about what life has dealt him, which he uses in turn as a reason for living a reckless life. The two men make each of the four daughters reexamine what she thinks she wants in life, or more precisely who she wants, which for all may be the same person. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • Rêves de jeunesse (France)
  • Cuatro hijas (Spain)
  • Cztery córki (Poland)
  • 4人の姉妹 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Vater dirigiert (West Germany)
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Trivia This movie was John Garfield's first film and earned him his first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor. He would receive one other Oscar nomination, for Best Actor in "Body and Soul" (1947). See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963). See more »
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Quotes Mickey Borden: I wouldn't win first prize if I were the only entry in the contest.
Ann Lemp: Mathematically speaking, I think you'd stand a fine chance.
Mickey Borden: You think they'd let me win?
Ann Lemp: Who?
Mickey Borden: They.
Ann Lemp: Who?
Mickey Borden: The fates, the destinies, whoever they are that decide what we do or don't get.
Ann Lemp: What do you mean?
Mickey Borden: They've been at me now nearly a quarter of a century. No let-up. First they said, "Let him do without parents. He'll get along." Then they decided, "He doesn't need any education. That's for sissies." Then right at the beginning, they tossed a coin. "Heads he's poor, tails he's rich." So they tossed a coin... with two heads. Then, for a finale, they got together on talent. "Sure," they said, "let him have talent. Not enough to let him do anything on his own, anything good or great. Just enough to let him help other people. It's all he deserves." Well, you put all this together and you get Michael Bolgar.
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