Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question. Martha suggests, "Has a little child ever changed your life?" Oliver gets answers from two slow-talking musicians, an actress whose roles usually feature a sarong, and an itinerant cardsharp. In each case the "little child" is hardly innocent: in the first, a local auto mechanic's "baby" turns out to be fully developed as a woman and a musician; in the second, a spoiled child star learns kindness; in the third, the family of a lost brat doesn't want him returned. And Oliver, what becomes of him?
Acting
Stewart and Fonda's deadpan musical duo chemistry
Costume
Lamour's sarong—literally the plot, darling
Director
Leslie Fenton
Paulette Goddard
Martha Pease
Burgess Meredith
Oliver M. Pease
James Stewart
Slim
Henry Fonda
Lank Solsky
Harry James
Harry James
Dorothy Lamour
Gloria Manners
Victor Moore
Ashton Carrington
Fred MacMurray
Al
William Demarest
Floyd
Hugh Herbert
Eli Hobbs
Charles D. Brown
Mr. Sadd
Eduardo Ciannelli
Maxim
Betty Caldwell
Cynthia Robbs
Dorothy Ford
Lola Maxim
Carl Switzer
Leopold 'Zoot' Wirtz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the only time Stewart and Fonda sang on screen together, and they reportedly rehearsed their harmonies for weeks.
The film was a financial flop that killed the 'all-star anthology' trend until the 1960s—too much talent, not enough coherence.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
