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And Baby Makes Three is a 1949 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry Levin and starring Robert Young and Barbara Hale. The title comes from a line in the 1927 song "My Blue Heaven".
Plot
Jackie Walsh, recently divorced from Vernon Walsh, is told she is pregnant with Vernon's child just as she is preparing to marry another man, Herbert Fletcher.
Cast
- Robert Young as Vernon 'Vern' Walsh
- Barbara Hale as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Walsh
- Robert Hutton as Herbert T. 'Herbie' Fletcher
- Janis Carter as Wanda York
- Billie Burke as Mrs. Marvin Fletcher
- Nicholas Joy as Marvin Fletcher
- Lloyd Corrigan as Dr. William M. 'Uncle Bill' Parnell
- Howland Chamberlain as Otto Stacy
- Melville Cooper as Gibson - Fletcher's Bulter
- Joe Sawyer as Motorcycle Cop
Critical reception
While Variety praised the film, noting that "Levin's direction gets good movement into the script" and "comedy touches are neatly devised",[1] The New York Times dismissed it as a "frail comedy" with "a few weak, scattered laughs".[2]
References
- ^ "Review: 'And Baby Makes Three'". Variety. 31 December 1948. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Movie Review: And Baby Makes Three". The New York Times. 23 December 1949. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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