Room for One More [Blu-ray]

Director: Norman Taurog Norman Taurog

Overview

In this heartwarming comedy, middle-class parents Poppy and Anna Rose already have three children of their own, but this does not stop the gentle Anna from sheltering an emotionally isolated 13-year-old girl for two weeks. Though her husband is at first resistant, he eventually gives in.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/26/2021
UPC:	0883929736447
Original Release:	1952
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	24,411

Special Features

WB Classic Cartoons: Operation Rabbit and Feed the Kitty; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Cary Grant	George 'Poppy' Rose
Betsy Drake	Anna Perrott Rose
Lurene Tuttle	Miss Kenyon
John Ridgely	Harry Foreman
Randy Stuart	Mrs. Foreman
Irving Bacon	The Mayor
Mary Treen	Mrs. Roberts
Hayden Rorke	The Doctor
Iris Mann	Jane
George 'Foghorn' Winslow	Teensie,Teenie
Clifford Tatum Jr.	Jimmy John
Gay Gordon	Trot
Malcolm Cassell	Tim
Larry Olsen	Ben
Mary Newton	Woman
Ezelle Poule	Woman
Dorothy Kennedy	Woman
Marcoreta Hellman	Woman
Karen Hale	Woman
Doris Kemper	Woman
Mary Alan Hokanson	Woman
Charles Meredith	Mr. Thatcher
Oliver Blake	Mr. Doran
Frank Ferguson	Steve
Don Beddoe	School Principal
Lillian Bronson	Teacher
William Bakewell	Milkman
Douglas Fowley	Ice Man
John McGovern	Senior Patrol Leader
Gretchen Hartman	Chairwoman
Tony Taylor	Joey
Dabbs Greer	Scoutmaster
Stephen Wootton	Little Brother
Felice Richmond	Actor
Ray Page	Gas Station Attendent
Max Steiner	Composer

Technical Credits

Melville Shavelson

Jack Rose

Norman Taurog	Director
Melville Shavelson	Screenwriter
Jack Rose	Screenwriter
Henry Blanke	Producer

Editorial Reviews

A rather average movie that plays more like a TV show, Room for One More is nevertheless notable for being one of Cary Grant's few films built around a family. Although the actor is top billed, the story really belongs more to the character played by his co-star (and, at the time, wife), Betsy Drake. She's more the driving force, and while the creators were careful to build Grant's part up, it's still somewhat secondary by nature. This tampering with the screenplay's structure to accommodate the star (or, more correctly, to accommodate the audience lured in to see the star) throws things a little out of whack, but not seriously so. Room's bigger problem is that the screenplay is simply too clichéd; despite some good individual scenes, the enterprise as a whole is a little too sugar-coated. Grant is good, but not really in his element; Drake is very much in her element, but as good as she is, she simply lacks the charisma that the part requires. Still, the kids are undeniably cute, director Norman Taurog knows how to play at the heartstrings, and those looking for a good old fashioned family film will find much to reward them here.