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Released
1947 · FILM

Mother Wore Tights

In our family dad wore the pants but . . . Mother Wore Tights

Directed by
Runtime
107 min
DramaMusicalRomance

Synopsis

In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by J Watson Webb JrShot by Harry JacksonScored by Frank Burt

Also known as

  • Die reizendsten Eltern der Weltde
  • Es begann in Schneiders Opernhausde
  • Siempre en tus brazoses
  • Maman était new-lookfr
  • Come nacque il nostro amoreit

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