Yours, Mine and Ours

"The Bride had 8 Boys and Girls. The Groom had 10 Boys and Girls. Their wedding night set new attendance records."

1968 1h 51m EN

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6.9

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57%

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7.1

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★6.9TMDB · 168🥫57%Rotten Tomatoes★7.1IMDB · 10,983

Comedy

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When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?

“The Bride had 8 Boys and Girls. The Groom had 10 Boys and Girls. Their wedding night set new attendance records.”

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Cast

Lucille Ball
Helen North Beardsley
Henry Fonda
Frank Beardsley
Van Johnson
Darrel Harrison
Louise Troy
Madeleine Love
Sidney Miller
Dr. Ashford
Tom Bosley
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Nancy Howard
Nancy Beardsley
Walter Brooke
Howard Beardsley

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Melville Shavelson
Writers: Madelyn Pugh, Mort Lachman, Melville Shavelson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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58 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Melville Shavelson, shot by Charles F. Wheeler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Fred Karlin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Stuart Gilmore shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda and Van Johnson carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Bride had 8 Boys and Girls. The Groom had 10 Boys and Girls. Their wedding night set new attendance records.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0063829 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Melville Shavelson directs. Charles F. Wheeler behind the camera. Fred Karlin scores. Stuart Gilmore cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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158 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Melville Shavelson, shot by Charles F. Wheeler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Fred Karlin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Stuart Gilmore shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda and Van Johnson carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The Bride had 8 Boys and Girls. The Groom had 10 Boys and Girls. Their wedding night set new attendance records.".
7IMDB entry: tt0063829 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Charles F. Wheeler
Original score: Fred Karlin
Editing: Stuart Gilmore
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes: 57% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 7.1/10 · 10,983 votes
MPAA: Unrated

Awards

2 wins & 4 nominations total

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CinemaSerf2023-05-29
★ 7/10
Engineering Officer "Frank" (Henry Fonda) loses his wife and after his tour of duty aboard the USS Enterprise is left with the ominous task of returning to San Francisco to look after his ten - yes, that's ten - children! Meantime, "Helen" (Lucille Ball) is in a similar predicament following the death of her husband - but she only has the eight offspring to raise. After a trolley clash in a supermarket, the two adults meet, court and after romance blossoms they decide to marry and raise all of their respective broods under one roof with four bathrooms! Initially, the concept of a film with eighteen kids offering everything from tantrums to hormones did not appeal to me at all. Fonda and Ball, however, really do make this work. It's a bit wordy at times and the humour has dated, but for the most part there is a genuine chemistry on display and many of their parenting problems - especially when they discover a new bundle of joy is en route - ring quite true. Director Melville Shavelson manages the more cacophonous elements of the story quite well - the pandemonium is there, but it is sparingly used allowing the sensations of exhaustion and exasperation to emerge, but not sufficiently to drown out what is actually quite an affectionate story. I'm not sure his aircraft carrier could ever have taken me far enough from this actual scenario, but watching on a big screen from a distance offers us an enjoyable romp through family life peppered with patience, patience and love. Give it a go and you might appreciate the versatility of Fonda as a half-decent comedy actor and Ball as, well, a star.

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