Yours, Mine and Ours
A widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, merging two households into a twenty-member family. Can these twenty come together as one big, happy family?
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Melville Shavelson
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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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Melville Shavelson is the director of Yours, Mine and Ours.
The cast of Yours, Mine and Ours includes Paul Bradley as Club Patron (uncredited), Leoda Richards as Wedding Guest (uncredited), Jeffrey Sayre as Wedding Guest (uncredited), Stuart Nisbet as Man of the Cloth - Cafe Sequence, Tim Matheson as Mike Beardsley, Richard Angarola as French Actor on TV Screen, Charles Cirillo as Wedding Guest (uncredited), Norman Stevans as Club Patron (uncredited), Kimberly Beck as Janette North, Lilyan Chauvin as French Actress on TV Screen, Morgan Brittany as Louise Beardsley, Joseph La Cava as Wedding Guest (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Yours, Mine and Ours is 1h 51 mins.
Yes. Yours, Mine and Ours has 2 trailers on Fanbiz, including Official Trailer. Watch them on this page.
You can watch Yours, Mine and Ours on MGM Plus Amazon Channel (Subscription) and Amazon Video (Rent). Check this Fanbiz page for the latest platforms.
Yours, Mine and Ours was released on 24 Apr 1968.
Yours, Mine and Ours is listed under Comedy on Fanbiz.
Yours, Mine and Ours has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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..."
