MAMA {I REMEMBER MAMA}: THE NIGHT THE ANIMALS TALKED (TV)

Summary

One in this series of sentimental comedies about a Norwegian-American family in World War I era San Francisco. This annual "Mama" Christmas show retells a Norwegian folk tale. According to Mama's great-grandmother Hedvig, midnight on Christmas Eve is a magical time when barnyard animals gain the power of speech. Despite ridicule from the family, old Hedvig trudges through the snow to the barn to talk to the animals. Commercials deleted.

Details

• NETWORK: CBS
• DATE: December 16, 1956 Sunday 5:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:26:30
• COLOR/B&W: B&W
• CATALOG ID: T86:0090
• GENRE: Comedy
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
• SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1949-1957
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Carol Irwin … Producer
• Richardson, Don (See also: Richardson, Donald) … Director
• Frank Gabrielson … Writer
• Kathryn Forbes … Writer, Based on the novel "Mama's Bank Account" by
• Edvard Grieg … Theme Music by, "Holberg Suite" and "The Last Spring" (from "Two Elegiac Melodies") composed by
• Herman Fuchs … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Supervisor
• Jac Venza … Art Director
• Peggy Wood … Cast, "Mama" Marta Hansen
• Judson Laire … Cast, "Papa" Lars Hansen
• Rosemary Rice … Cast, Katrin
• Van Patten, Dick … Cast, Nels
• Ruth Gates … Cast, the Witch Woman
• Judy Sanford … Cast, Hedvig
• Alice Frost … Cast, the Robber's Wife
• De Koven, Roger … Cast, the Robber