Five of a Kind
Five of a Kind is a 1938 American comedy directed by Herbert I. Leeds for 20th Century Fox Studios. The movie starred Claire Trevor and Cesar Romero. The movie is about the escalating rivalry between radio journalists Duke Lester (Romero) and Christine Nelson (Trevor) that culminates in a competition to cover the exploits the famous Canadian quintuplets, the Waytts, played by the Dionne quintuplets.[1] The quints doctor is played by noted character actor Jean Hersholt.
The Dionne Quintuplets
The Wyatt Quintuplets in the movie are shown to live an idealized version of the life of Dionne Quints. Shortly after their birth, the girls were made wards of the state and raised in a theme park type hospital situation which was, ironically across the street from the parents they were taken from. For the first nine years of their life, they children were treated like a zoo attraction.[2] While they were under state care, they made this movie and its predecessor, The Country Doctor; both featured Jean Hersholt as their kindly caretaker, Dr John Luke.[3]
External links
- Five of a Kind at the Internet Movie Database
- Five of a Kind at AllMovie
- Five of a Kind at Rotten Tomatoes
- Reds at Rotten Tomatoes
References
- ↑ John Howard Reid (1 May 2005). Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment. Lulu.com. pp. 59–. ISBN 978-1-4116-3522-7.
- ↑ http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1874637,00.html
- ↑ Barry Monush (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. pp. 331–. ISBN 978-1-55783-551-2.