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Four Daughters

Four Daughters

19386.61h 30m

Overview

Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man for whom she cares. However, the arrival of a cynical, slovenly young composer named Mickey Borden turns the household upside-down, and romantic and tragic complications ensue.

Directed by Michael Curtiz
Written by Lenore J. Coffee, Julius J. Epstein, Fannie Hurst
Produced by Hal B. Wallis
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Top Cast

Claude Rains

Claude Rains

Adam Lemp

Priscilla Lane

Priscilla Lane

Ann Lemp

John Garfield

John Garfield

Mickey Borden

May Robson

May Robson

Aunt Etta

Lola Lane

Lola Lane

Thea Lemp

Rosemary Lane

Rosemary Lane

Kay Lemp

Gale Page

Gale Page

Emma Lemp

Frank McHugh

Frank McHugh

Ben Crowley

Jeffrey Lynn

Jeffrey Lynn

Felix Deitz

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Ernest

Themes & Keywords

daughtercomposerclassical musicsource musicfour sisters

About Four Daughters

Four Daughters is a drama, music, romance film released in 1938 exploring themes of daughter, composer, classical music, source music, four sisters. Directed by Michael Curtiz, it stars Claude Rains, Priscilla Lane, John Garfield. Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man for whom she cares. However, the arrival of a cynical, slovenly young composer named Mickey Borden turns the household upside-down, and romantic and tragic complications ensue.

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