If you want to see how one of the most popular 1930s dramatic actresses suffering through widowhood and raising her children with very little money, rent. . . Well, there are lots of movies you can rent with lots of different actresses. For Kay Francis fans, though, check out My Bill.
I'm not a fans of hers, and I hardly find her convincing when she's playing long-suffering mothers. She seems far too concerned with her hair and makeup to really care about her children. Whenever she's given lines that require compassion or wisdom, she throws them away and delivers them the say way she'd ask her son to wash his hands before lunch. But, if you do like her, you'll be interesting in a story that shows her stretching her dollar to feed, house, and raise her four children. They don't know how poor they are, and Mama Kay tries to hide it from them. Heaven forbid they have to humiliate themselves by economizing!
The title comes from Kay's love of her youngest son, Dickie Moore, whom she favors. Anita Louise, Bobby Jordan, and Bonita Granville are teenagers with their own preoccupations, but Dickie is still little and loves his mother. So, when Kay really falls on hard times and has to consider sending her children to live with a wealthy relative, it breaks her heart. How can she part from her beloved young son? You'll have to watch this melodrama to find out.
I'm not a fans of hers, and I hardly find her convincing when she's playing long-suffering mothers. She seems far too concerned with her hair and makeup to really care about her children. Whenever she's given lines that require compassion or wisdom, she throws them away and delivers them the say way she'd ask her son to wash his hands before lunch. But, if you do like her, you'll be interesting in a story that shows her stretching her dollar to feed, house, and raise her four children. They don't know how poor they are, and Mama Kay tries to hide it from them. Heaven forbid they have to humiliate themselves by economizing!
The title comes from Kay's love of her youngest son, Dickie Moore, whom she favors. Anita Louise, Bobby Jordan, and Bonita Granville are teenagers with their own preoccupations, but Dickie is still little and loves his mother. So, when Kay really falls on hard times and has to consider sending her children to live with a wealthy relative, it breaks her heart. How can she part from her beloved young son? You'll have to watch this melodrama to find out.