Expert: Mel - 9/4/2008

Question
"I emailed you about this before, however, I received a response with no answer, perhaps because I may not have made my question clear so I have clarified the question.

I am looking for the titles of these three movies.  Can you help me?  I believe all three of these movies are black and white and from the 50s.
 
1st Movie:  It was an old Christmas movie they used to show every year where the mother's dying and the eldest son looks for suitable parents for his siblings to care for them when she's gone. He finds homes for all of them. I remember near the end he is pulling his youngest sister in a sleigh in the snow to find her a home. Do you know the name of this movie?

2nd Movie:  A homely young girl living in an apartment complex, in some big city like New York or Chicago goes unnoticed. She wears her hair in a plain bun all the time. wears glasses and dresses very old fashioned.  When she walks down the street she notices how all the other girls get a lot of attention from the guys in the neighborhood, but she gets none or made fun of.  One day a woman living in the same complex sees her with her hair down and notices how attractive she is.  The woman helps her to fix her hair in a younger, modern hairstyle, dresses her in younger stylish clothes and removes her glasses. This time when she walks the streets the neighbors guys start whistling and wondering who the pretty girl is.  They don't even recognize her.  Do you know the name of this movie?

Last Movie:  I believe this movie was based on a true story.  It is of a father whose wife dies and he is left with 4 or 5 sons to raise on his own.  I believe he goes to get assistance for the welfare and he is told he needs needs to get someone take care of them so he gets a baby sitter but one day he comes home and catches her with her boyfriend so he fires her.  Out of spite she reports him as a bad father and they remove the children from the home.  The whole movie show all his sons go through while he desperately tries to regain custody of them.  The oldest is placed in a mental institution and the younger children go through so much.  Finally the father remarries a wonderful woman who helps him regain this family and accepts the challenge of helping him raise them. He finally gets custody of all his sons but they have been so traumatized by all they went through their recovery is a slow process but they gradually regain their confidence and trust with lots of patience and love from their father and step mother.  Do you know the name of this movie?


Answer
Hello Til,

I don't know what's happened, but I replied to your question yesterday, September 3rd. Your questions were very clear and I answered as follows you.....


"I can help you with the titles of the first two.....

#1  "All Mine To Give" (1957). In the UK it was known as "The Day They Gave Babies Away". It starred Cameron Mitchell and Glynis Johns.

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=67069


#2  "Pocketful Of Miracles" (1961). It starred Bette Davis as Apple Annie, with Glenn Ford, Hope Lange and Ann-Margret.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketful_of_Miracles

I'll have to dig a bit deeper for the other two and I will get back to you if I can locate the titles."


I am still researching the third and fourth films.

Glad to be of help. Cheers........Mel.