Room for One More

1952

Action / Comedy / Drama / Family

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 86% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 86% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 3382 3.4K

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Plot summary

Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.

Director

Norman Taurog Photo
Norman Taurog

Top cast

Irving Bacon Photo
Irving Bacon as Mayor Michael J. Kane
Fred Kelsey Photo
Fred Kelsey as Usher at PTA Meeting
Don Beddoe Photo
Don Beddoe as Mr. Taylor
William Bakewell Photo
William Bakewell as Milkman
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872.34 MB
988*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 2
1.58 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   pt  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kenwest 8 / 10

Melted my icy heart, dammit.

I have been a grouchy, childless, curmudgeon for the last 30 years. OK, 40. I especially get cranky with movies of easy sentimentality and clumsy "messages", eg., about patriotism or religion or love or whatever.So, I have no idea why I bothered to tune into this movie, (other than it featuring Cary Grant), since the listing told me everything I needed to not watch it: children, family, adoption, disabilities, etc. Once into it, however, I just had to keep watching. It surely has all sorts of sentimentality, and blatant messages about adoption and the Boy Scouts; however the writing is so wonderfully deft, and the performances (including those of the children) so perfectly understated that I was fully engaged and easily able to forgive the more obvious "message moments" such as Jane being the belle of the ball, and Jimmy-John's predictable physical and emotional transformation into an Eagle Scout.Perhaps being a boy scout, and perhaps remembering a sister's first big dance helps to suck you in, but there are eye-stinging moments enough for anyone, such as Jane refusing her (foster)mother's kiss, and the kids in the orphanage playground stopping their noisy play to watch anxiously the visitors looking at them from the balcony.Next Sunday I'm going to watch the golf, dammit.
Reviewed by wes-connors 6 / 10

"I Love Cary"

Pushover engineer Cary Grant (as George "Poppy" Rose) and pretty housewife Betsy Drake (as Anna Perrott Rose) live comfortably with their three kids, dog, and pregnant cat. Then, the couple decide to become foster parents to a couple of needy children. First, they take in disagreeable, neglected Iris Mann (as Jane Miller). Next, they bring in sullen, crippled Clifford Tatum Jr. (as James "Jimmy John" Wilson). Prepare to get your heart tugged as the kids learn to fit in with their new family, and visa versa...If you've ever wondered how a TV situation comedy series starring Cary Grant would have played, this is your chance. Looking like a pilot for a series planned for Mr. Grant and Ms. Drake, who was his wife at the time, it's like "My Three Sons" and "Father Knows Best" meets "The Brady Bunch". In fact, "Room for One More" finally did become a series, in 1962. But, since Grant was a perennial box office attraction in theaters, there was no reason for him to do television. Watch it for the kids, they're terrific.****** Room for One More (1/10/52) Norman Taurog ~ Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Clifford Tatum Jr., Iris Mann
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