Yours, Mine and Ours

I rented this movie and watched it twice within 48 hours. (The remake in 2005 doesn't do the original movie justice.) Watch this one - the original - from 1968; it is old but it is timeless.This is such a beautiful movie. Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball are WONDERFUL!

Had seen this movie as a child at a drive-in theater. A classic, and funny. Great cast.

Shipped fast, worked in Universal DVD player. If you are a Lucille Ball fan, this is a must have for your collection

Wonderful movie, very easy to rent and watch. So happy Amazon had this version as it was a childhood classic.

In this movie with the late Henry Fonda and the late Lucille Ball, is blithely entertaining with amusing anecdotes of a family. About a beautiful widow naval nurse trying to raise eight children on her own. Accidently meets a nice, handsome widowed naval officer when he brings one of his children into the hospital. With his military life, he learns how that raising children involves more tenderness than the demanding discipline he's accustomed. Along the way, he find's love again with a new family. One of his children, is played by a little girl whose paternal grandparents were the venerated Ozzie Nelson's. The little girl, Tracey, had no acting experience before, and just like her paternal grandmother, Harriet Hilliard Nelson, who herself made her stage debut at the tender age of six weeks with superb poise, gave an equally fine performance. As a toddler, Tracey appeared along with her cousin, Daniel Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie Nelson's first grandson, born on August 20, 1962 to the proud parents of David and June Nelson, on their grandparents television show titled: "The Adventure's of Ozzie and Harriet." But, Tracey and Dannny's acting experiences had amounted to little more than a "visit." It all began when Tracey's mother received a telephone call from a man who had seen Tracey on the "Ozzie and Harriet" show. He asked if they could send him a photograph of Tracey. They did, and the next thing they knew the people at the movie studio asked if they could bring Tracey down to meet them. Well, Tracey's mother was already some eight-and-a-half months pregnant when production began on "Yours, Mine, and Ours," but agreed to go there with her. When Tracey went into the office, they talked with her a while. She answered their questions, but was surprisingly quiet throughout the entire session. Her mother could see she had something on her mind and when they got up to leave, Tracey put her thoughts into action. She went into the motions of an ice skater, made an imaginary turn on the imaginary rink and promptly fell down. The fact that she had won herself a role in an important movie didn't mean a thing to her. She would much rather have completed her turn on the ice! Her young parent's admitted that they permitted their daughter to make this movie, because of the two actors involved. "Tracey fell in love with Henry Fonda," her mother said proudly. "She would come from the studio and talk about her 'pretend poppa' with such devotion, such love. And, her mother understood that Henry Fonda was wonderful with all the children; that he always tok time out to talk with them and listen to them. "Of course, Tracey adored her 'pretend momma' also. And, whenever Tracey saw Lucille Ball on television after making of their film together was over, and no longer saw her in person. She makes sure to point her out to everyone in the room as 'my pretend momma.' Outside of the wonderful relationship, little Tracey developed with the late Lucille Ball and the late Henry Fonda, she didn't appear at all impressed with her 'movie star' experiences.' This was her last film, no more as a child she made, until she left Bard College after three months. When on her own, she began her career as an actress. Her father was killed in a plane accident shortly after. He said of his daughter at the time, "We had to let her go. First of all, we knew the people invovled in the film and we knew what kind of role she would be playing. All she had to do in the production was stand there with the other children. There weren't going to be any exhausting demands made upon her. It wouldn't interfere with her school work or her home life. She would always be in good hands on the set." Her mother added:"It was an experience for her. As parents, we cannot deny her the right to grow in many areas and so long as we weighed everything about it and found it to be perfectly all right we had to, my husband Rick said, let her go; let her add this experience to her education." About nine weeks after production began was Tracey's fourth birthday. At her birtday party, a little boy who was in her class at prekindergarten at the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, asked if he could see the twins. Her newborn baby brothers born about six weeks before. Tracey let the little boy with her paternal grandfather, Ozzie, following behind into the nursery and proudly displayed her Two baby brothers, who were asleep in their bassinets. The little boy was obviously disappointed. He said,"They're not twins," "of course they are," said four year old Tracey. "No, they're not," the little boy said. "They're not stuck together." "They have never been stuck together." said Tracey proudly.In the movie, if Tracey looks pensive, perhaps she's thinking about her "ice skating career," or the drawing she didn't have a chance to finish when the director called her onto the set.Her mother said wisely, "we raise children to leave us, but while they're with us, we must be grateful for every moment we can share with them."This movie also more than thirty years after it was filmed is not dated. It gives lessons of affection and warmth ten fold. And, my little cousin now, looks identical like what preschooler Tracy looked like. As many little children look alike, i wonder how she grow up. But, as Tracey's mother said, we have to enjoy them along the way. The glory years are everyday of growth.

Great Movie, now looks better with be Blu ray

BOTTOM LINE: A fun family-based comedy featuring two of Hollywood's true legends. This clearly must have been the inspiration for "The Brady Bunch" TV show. Blu-ray has no bonus content, sadly, but picture & sound are nice. Enjoyable and worth repeat viewings. 4 STARSTHE STORY (contains spoilers): A widower & widow, each with a passel of children, meet & fall in love. When they decided to marry there's an understandable amount of tension (and confusion!) in a household where 20+ people are suddenly crammed together. Amusement comes from watching everyone find his or her place in the family pecking order, and seeing whether or not both sides can bury the hatchet and make two halves into one whole. Based on the real life story of Frank & Helen Beardsley.THOUGHTS: As with so many things, truth IS stranger than fiction. Trying to put yourself in the place of one of the army of children of all ages who unwillingly find themselves stuffed into a madhouse jumble of strangers for siblings is mind-boggling fun. Imagining you're the wife & husband in charge of managing & maintaining this rambunctious horde of tots to teens is truly the stuff nightmares are made of. LOL. Somehow, it all works out. This story takes place back in the days when folks stuck it out and worked through things rather than throwing their hands up, divorcing and running the other way. My, how times have changed. Nowadays this film would be about a woman with 20 kids from 20 different fathers. Egads. BTW... the 2005 Remake is OK, but despite the likeable talents of Dennis Quaid & Rene Russo, they're no Henry Fonda or Lucille Ball.THE BLU-RAY: Minimal effort from Olive Films. Picture is good for the most part but not as razor-sharp as it could & should be for a hi-def release. Audio is clear, clean and the mix is level. No bonus content, so if you love that kind of thing you're in for a disappointment with this release. Still, it's great to have this madhouse family comedy in a new format that will allow a new generation of folks to discover it.

Ordered the original by mistake. I was wanting the remake. But, after watching, I was pleasantly surprised at just how entertaining it was. Definitely a keeper!

Dvd integro e ben confezionato. Consegnato nei tempi previsti. Ottima esperienza. Venditore valido, da tener presente per altri acquisti.

Un gran clásico, mucho mejor que el reboot que hicieron con Dennis Quaid y Rene Russo

I absolutely LOVE this movie very much!!! Lucille Ball was hilarious as widowed Navy nurse Helen North and Henry Fonda was good as widower Frank Beardsley. Wow!!! Eighteen kids with an addition to the expanding brood! The kid actor's in the movie were good and it was a very clean and wholesome movie for the entire family to watch without the violence or vulgar/offensive language. I cried when Helen got drunk after Frank's sons spiked her drink which may have been funny but I found it to be sad. I liked the son who wanted to become a Beardsley even though he got in a fight at school. I watched this movie years ago with my late mother and she absolutely loved it as much as I did! I find the movie much better than "The Brady Bunch" because it wasn't saccharin like the sitcom. Overall, this is one movie I will never tire of watching!

Was a great buy.

Une bonne comédie familiale à regarder en famille: on en ressort joyeux( et on admire leur organisation!!!)Le DVD a beau être affiché en italien, on peut le voir en anglais ( mais pas en français, hélas)