Lucille Ball
Lucille Désirée Ball was an American actress, comedian, model, entertainment studio executive and producer. She was the star of the self-produced sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life with Lucy, as well as comedy television specials aired under the title The Lucy-…
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor with a career spanning five decades. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins. He made his Hollywood debut in 1935, and his caree…
- Sean Faris as William Beardsley.
- Katija Pevec as Christina Beardsley.
- Dean Collins as Harry Beardsley.
- Tyler Patrick Jones as Michael Beardsley.
- Haley Ramm as Kelly Beardsley.
- Brecken Palmer as Ely Beardsley.
- Bridger Palmer as Otter Beardsley.
- Ty Panitz as Ethan Beardsley.
What is the plot of Yours Mine and Ours?
According to the 1968 version of Yours, Mine and Ours, a war zone developed between the children in the two families (laced, of course, with screen-worthy humor), and the tension was straddled and overcome through loving, tender, but firm parenting from Frank Beardsley and Helen North Beardsley.
Who are the actors in Yours Mine Mine and Ours?
Yours, Mine & Ours is a 2005 American family comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. The film concerns a blended family with 18 children.
Are the Yours Mine&Ours characters real?
In fact, they're so real, legal trouble broke out between the YOURS MINE & OURS filmmakers and the BRADY BUNCH tv people over story rights. After Frank retired from the Navy, the family went into the bakery business with the kids helping out after school and on weekends.
What happened to Helen and Frank from Yours Mine&Ours?
In fact, they're so real, legal trouble broke out between the YOURS MINE & OURS filmmakers and the BRADY BUNCH tv people over story rights. After Frank retired from the Navy, the family went into the bakery business with the kids helping out after school and on weekends. Helen has since died; Frank married for a third time and died in 2012.
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Who were the children in the original Yours, Mine and Ours?
The Beardsley ChildrenTim Matheson as Mike (credited as "Tim Matthieson")Gil Rogers as Rusty.Gary Goetzman as Greg.Nancy Roth as Rosemary.Morgan Brittany as Louise (Credited as "Suzanne Cupito")Maralee Foster as Mary.Holly O'Brien as Susan.Michele Tobin as Veronica.More items...
Was the movie Yours, Mine and Ours based on a true story?
SAN LEANDRO, CA — Have you seen the 1968 movie "Yours, Mine and Ours" starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda? It was based on the real story of Frank and Helen Beardsley, each widowed, who had 18 children between them when they got married. This San Leandro home is known as The Beardsley Manor.
Is the Brady Bunch based on Yours, Mine and Ours?
Since it was based on a true story, Schwartz knew he could not allege that Yours Mine and Ours had copied his idea. Instead, the film's producer threatened Schwartz with a lawsuit after The Brady Bunch's 1969 premiere. Schwartz fired back with a letter that pointed to the initial name of his pilot—Yours and Mine.
Is there a Yours, Mine and Ours 2?
Amazon.com: Hotel for Dogs / Yours, Mine, & Ours - 2-Movie Collection : Movies & TV.
Overview
Reception
The film received lukewarm critical reviews—although Leonard Maltin looked favorably upon it as a "wholesome, 'family' picture" with an excellent script. Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars and praised the performances of Ball and Fonda.
It was a massive commercial success, earning nearly $26 million ($182 Million adjusted for inflation) at the box office (on a tight budget of $2.5 million) and earning over $11 million in rent…
Plot
Frank Beardsley is a Navy Chief Warrant Officer, recently detached from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and assigned as project officer for the Fresnel lens glide-slope indicator, or "meatball," that would eventually become standard equipment on all carriers. Helen North is a civilian nurse working in the dispensary at NAS Alameda, the California U.S. Navy base to which Frank is assigned.
Frank meets Helen, first by chance in the commissary on the base and a…
Frank Beardsley is a Navy Chief Warrant Officer, recently detached from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and assigned as project officer for the Fresnel lens glide-slope indicator, or "meatball," that would eventually become standard equipment on all carriers. Helen North is a civilian nurse working in the dispensary at NAS Alameda, the California U.S. Navy base to which Frank is assigned.
Frank meets Helen, first by chance in the commissary on the base and again when Frank brings h…
Reality versus film
This film departs in several various ways from the actual lives of Frank and Helen Beardsley and their children. The names of Frank and Helen Beardsley and their children are real; the wedding invitation that appears midway through the film is the actual North-Beardsley wedding invitation. The career of Lieutenant Richard North USN is also described accurately, but briefly: specifically, he was a navigator on the crew of an A-3 Skywarrior that crashed in a routine training flight, killing al…
Production notes
Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball take turns providing voice-over narration throughout—and in at least one scene, Van Johnson talks directly to the camera, as does Fonda.
That Lucille Ball would portray Helen Beardsley was never in doubt. But a long line of distinguished actors came under consideration, at one time or another, for the role of Frank Beardsley. They included Desi Arnaz, James Stewart, Fred MacMurray, Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, and John Wayne. Henry …
Home media
Yours, Mine and Ours was released on VHS by MGM/UA Home Video in 1989, 1994, and 1998. A Laserdisc version was released in 1994, featuring noise reduction applied to the film soundtrack.
It was released to DVD on March 6, 2001. While the DVD was released in full frame, the original film was a widescreen release in the 1.78:1 aspect ratio; this, therefore, constitutes an open matte presentation.
See also
• List of American films of 1968
External links
• Yours, Mine and Ours at IMDb
• Yours, Mine and Ours at AllMovie
• Yours, Mine and Ours at the TCM Movie Database
• Yours, Mine and Ours at the American Film Institute Catalog
Overview
Yours, Mine & Ours is a 2005 American family comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. The film concerns a blended family with 18 children. The film is a remake of the 1968 film of the same name, which in turn was based on the 1965 book Who Gets the Drumstick? by Helen Beardsley. The film was released on November 23, 2005. It was produced by M…
Plot
Widowed U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Frank Beardsley moves back to his hometown of New London, Connecticut with his eight kids from his previous marriage. After he and Helen North, a widowed handbag designer by trade with 10 kids (four biological, six adopted), unexpectedly encounter each other at a restaurant while on separate dates, they do so again at their 30-year high school reunion.
Release
Quaid and some of the child actors appeared on the November 22, 2005 episode of Dr. Phil to promote the film.
The film opened at number three behind Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Walk the Line, with an opening weekend of $17.5 million in the US. Its final North American box office was $53.4 million and its international box office was $19.3 million, earning a combined total of $72.7 milli…
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes Yours, Mine & Ours has an approval rating of 6% based on 107 reviews, with an average rating of 3.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The initial set-up is unbelievable, the plotting is predictable and stale, and the comedy depends on repetitive pratfalls that soon get old." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 38 out of 100 based on 25 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it an average grade of "A …
Soundtrack
Hawk Nelson performed a song featuring Drake Bell, entitled "Bring Em' Out", as the film's main theme song. The group itself performs during the party sequence.
Home media
Paramount Home Entertainment (North America) and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (International) released the film on VHS on February 28, 2006, which would be the last title to be issued on VHS for Paramount, Columbia, MGM, and Nickelodeon Movies. A "Special Collector's Edition" was released on DVD the same date and included special features such as deleted scenes, audio commentary, theatrical trailers, and behind-the-scenes documentaries. The film was re-rel…
External links
• Yours, Mine and Ours at IMDb
• Yours, Mine and Ours at AllMovie
• Yours, Mine & Ours at Rotten Tomatoes