Adam Had Four Sons

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Adam Had Four Sons

1941

1h 21m

Drama

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Emilie Gallatin (Ingrid Bergman) works as governess for the wealthy Stoddard clan, but she also serves as a maternal figure when mother Molly (Fay Wray) dies. After the head of the family, Adam (Warner Baxter), loses much of his fortune, he has to send his boys off to boarding school and part with Emilie, the object of his affections. Years later, Emilie reunites with Adam and his sons, but their contentment may be short-lived when the scheming Hester (Susan Hayward) marries into the family.

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Elena de la Torre

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Of those movies that leave an unforgettable memory of perfection and charm. [Full review in Spanish]

Sep 17, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 3/5

Jul 14, 2005

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David Nusair

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...the high sleaze quotient ensures that Adam Had Four Sons remains engrossing enough to warrant a recommendation.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 11, 2004

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S R

I am not sure why I saw this one, it may have been in a dvd collection and I thought I’d give it a watch. Regardless, it started out with promise, but descended into soap opera intrigue with a horrible woman messing up a family and their governess’s lives. All of it could have been prevented had they not been so honorable and just spoken to each other about it. SLC dvd.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/20/25

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harwee h

Passable romantic drama. Ingrid Bergman at her charming best. She's always fun to watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/25/23

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little girl l

The older movies are so much better than what we have now. I really enjoyed the acting and the historical back drop. Even with over the top emotional females, it was still a very good movie with an excellent plot. Thank God the movie script didn't kill one of the brothers off in the war, in modern times, they would think nothing to offing one of the brothers. They think it adds drama to the mix, when all it does is just add sadness. In today's world, with all the sadness, it's good to see happy endings.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/15/23

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beverlyn72

Played on the tv while i slept on the couch, so interesting i watched it-watched it the next morning. I loved it. If you're looking for heavy-handed, happy ending, family melodrama with a great depression and war thrown in...this is it. just so very sweet.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/24/23

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Blobbo X

Wait - I was thinking of The Little Foxes. Fairly absorbing drama set in the early 1900's involving the pre-Mary Poppins Ingrid Bergman as governess of four boys. Or was that somebody else? Oh, and there's Fay Wray (sans King Kong.)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/11/23

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Victor T

Fun to watch Susan Hayward being bitchy to Ingrid Bergman.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/29/22

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Gregory Ratoff

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Ingrid Bergman

Emilie Gallatin

Warner Baxter

Adam Stoddard

Susan Hayward

Hester Stoddard

Fay Wray

Molly Stoddard

Richard Denning

Jack Stoddard

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Synopsis

Emilie Gallatin (Ingrid Bergman) works as governess for the wealthy Stoddard clan, but she also serves as a maternal figure when mother Molly (Fay Wray) dies. After the head of the family, Adam (Warner Baxter), loses much of his fortune, he has to send his boys off to boarding school and part with Emilie, the object of his affections. Years later, Emilie reunites with Adam and his sons, but their contentment may be short-lived when the scheming Hester (Susan Hayward) marries into the family.

Director: Gregory Ratoff
Producer: Robert E. Sherwood
Screenwriter: William Hurlbut, Michael Blankfort
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2010
Runtime: 1h 21m

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