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- The movie is based on the memoir by Kathryn Forbes.
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Druten, in turn, had based his play on Kathryn Forbes' novel Mama's Bank Account, which was originally published by Harcourt Brace in 1943. The story in all its variant forms recounts the everyday life and economic struggles of a Norwegian immigrant family in San Francisco in the early 20th century.
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Kathryn Forbes is actually the pen name for Kathryn Anderson, who became Kathryn McLean after her marriage in 1926. It’s been well-reported that Forbes’ novel drew more on the experiences of her grandmother, a Norwegian immigrant, than her own parents who were both born in the United States. This would have been her maternal grandmother, Annie Lund...
By 1910, they lived at 460 Scott Street. The 1910 census lists Lee Anderson as the head of household there with his wife Della, his children Ellis R. and Kathryn C., his mother Anna, his father-in-law, Frank Jesser, and nine other people listed as boarders. Curiously, Annie Jesser is not listed as living there, though she lived for nearly two more ...
Mama’s Bank Account is classified as a book of fiction and is written as a “fictionalized memoir.” Her family in the story is much larger than Kathryn’s actual family and most of them have different names. Many of the stories either happened to Kathryn’s grandparents, perhaps with embellishments, or are completely fictional. For example, the Castro...
I Remember Mama (1948) is a sentimental and nostalgic post-war favorite, with DeWitt Bodeen's screenplay loosely based on Kathryn Forbes' book Mama's Bank Account - it was the recipient of five Oscar nominations (remarkably, four were for acting roles).
Based on a play by John Van Druten, which was in turn based on the stories from Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes, I Remember Mama (1948) is the story of the ups and downs of a Norwegian immigrant family in San Francisco, held together by the stoic yet tender matriarch.
The movie is based on the memoir MAMA’S BANK ACCOUNT, by Kathryn Forbes. The setting begins in 1910 San Francisco. The irony of the setting should not be missed.
