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- No. Mama’s Bank Account is a young adult work of the old school, meaning that its main priority is not to expose and denounce social ills, except in the gentlest possible way, but to inspire and uplift readers with a vision of how beautiful life can be with good people and uncompromising scruples.
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“Mama” was an American comedy-drama black and white television series that aired on CBS from July 1, 1949, to March 17, 1957 for 30 minutes. The show was based on the book “Mama’s Bank Account” by Kathryn Forbes.
Mama is a weekly CBS Television comedy-drama series that ran from July 1, 1949 until March 17, 1957. [2] The series was based on the 1943 novel Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes, which was also adapted for the John Van Druten play (1944) and the subsequent film I Remember Mama (1948). [3]
In 1947, Forbes published Transfer Point, [14] regarding the daughter of divorced parents. Unlike Mama's Bank Account, which drew on the experiences of her Norwegian-born maternal grandmother, Annie Lund (1849–1928), [2] this novel was closer to Forbes' actual childhood.
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Oct 11, 2015 · 1943: castro street becomes nationally known as the setting of mama’s bank account, a novel by local norwegian-american author kathryn forbes. it inspires the broadway play i remember mama as well as a 1948 movie and 1950s television series. but where on castro street did they live?
Mama’s Bank Account is a novel by Kathryn Forbes, published in 1943. The story focuses on the thrift and practicality of “Mama,” the matriarch of a Norwegian family in early twentieth-century San Francisco. Katheryn Forbes was the pen name of author Kathryn McLean.
Mama is a weekly CBS Television comedy-drama series that ran from July 1, 1949 until March 17, 1957. [2] The series was based on the 1943 novel Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes, which was also adapted for the John Van Druten play (1944) and the subsequent film I Remember Mama (1948). [3]
The book inspired first a play, then a movie, and finally a TV series, all called I Remember Mama. Forbes also published novel called Transfer Point, about a daughter of divorced parents. This was considered to have been based on Forbes' own childhood.
