Mother Carey's Chickens (film)
| Mother Carey's Chickens | |
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| Directed by | Rowland V. Lee |
| Written by | S.K. Lauren Gertrude Purcell |
| Based on | Mother Carey's Chickens 1911 novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Starring | Anne Shirley Ruby Keeler Walter Brennan |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Edited by | George Hively |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
Production company | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $358,000 |
| Box office | $703,000 |
Mother Carey's Chickens is a 1938 American drama film starring Anne Shirley and Ruby Keeler. The film was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based upon a 1917 play by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Rachel Crothers, which in turn was adapted from Wiggin's Mother Carey's Chickens.
At a low point in her career, Katharine Hepburn was offered the lead role, but she turned it down and instead bought out her RKO contract for $75,000 to become an independent actress.
In 1963, Walt Disney released Summer Magic, a loose remake of this film, with Hayley Mills as Nancy Carey.