Mother Carey's Chickens
Kate Douglas Wiggin's Memorable Novel
Genres
Overview
A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
82 min
Release Date
1938-07-29
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
5.2
Fay Bainter
Mrs. Margaret Carey
Anne Shirley
Nancy Carey
Ruby Keeler
Kitty Carey
James Ellison
Ralph Thurston
Walter Brennan
Ossian Popham
Alma Kruger
Aunt Bertha
Donnie Dunagan
Peter Carey
Frank Albertson
Tom Hamilton Jr.
Jackie Moran
Gilbert Carey
Margaret Hamilton
Pauline Fuller
Virginia Weidler
Lally Joy Popham
Ralph Morgan
Capt. John Carey
Phyllis Kennedy
Annabelle
Harvey Clark
Clarence Fuller
Lucille Ward
Martha Popham
George Irving
Thomas Hamilton Sr.
6.3
On a Magical Night
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2019-10-09 | fr
7.4
La Belle Époque
Victor, a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, opts to relive the week of his life when, 40 years earlier, he met his true love through a company that allows customers to return to the time period of their choosing.
2019-11-06 | fr
7.3
Belle de Jour
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
1967-05-24 | fr
6.5
Twister
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.
1996-05-10 | en
7.7
The Bridges of Madison County
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
1995-06-02 | en
7.9
Gone with the Wind
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
1939-12-15 | en
7.7
Little Miss Sunshine
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
2006-07-26 | en
6.7
Enough
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden possessive dark side, a controlling and abusive alter ego that can turn trust, love and tranquility into terror. Terrified for her child's safety, Slim flees with her daughter. Relentless in his pursuit and enlisting the aid of lethal henchmen, Mitch continually stalks the prey that was once his family.
2002-05-21 | en
6.9
The Bow
On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange divination rites. Their life changes when a teenage student comes aboard.
2005-05-12 | ko
0.0
The Street Boy
Young widow Li Jingqin is struggling to put her son Du Shaoxiong through school with her meagre income. Bullied by the landlady, Du spends his days wandering the streets where he is lured by a gang to commit crimes. Fortunately, Du has a heart of gold.
1958-07-12 | zh
6.9
Moonstruck
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
1987-12-16 | en
6.5
The Gift
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
2000-03-16 | en
7.0
Mr. Holland's Opus
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
1995-12-29 | en
7.8
Rosemary's Baby
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
1968-06-12 | en
6.5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.
2004-05-17 | en
8.1
In the Mood for Love
In 1962 Hong Kong, two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses.
2000-09-29 | cn
7.7
Brief Encounter
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
1945-11-24 | en
7.3
Finding Neverland
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.
2004-10-17 | en
7.1
The Poseidon Adventure
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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7.1
Bread and Tulips
An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.
2000-03-03 | it