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The Dionne quintuplets also appeared in numerous newsreels and a short documentary film called Five Times Five in 1939. This film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Two-reel) in 1940. [30] In 1942, they appeared in one of James A. Fitzpatrick's Traveltalks Land of the Quintuplets shortly before they were returned to ...
The film was released on October 14, 1938, by 20th Century Fox. [1] [2] The film follows the escalating rivalry between radio journalists Duke Lester (Romero) and Christine Nelson (Trevor) that culminates in a competition to cover the exploits of the famous Canadian quintuplets, the Wyatts, played by The Dionne Quintuplets. [3]
This was the second film featuring the Dionne Quintuplets. Their first film, The Country Doctor, a fictional account of their birth, was released earlier in 1936. The screen credits note that "Scenes of the Dionne Quintuplets were photographed at Callander, Ontario under the technical supervision of Dr. Allan R. Dafoe". Dr.
Even though they have no money her husband, Oliva, races to get a doctor. Early on the morning of May 28, 1934 she gives birth to five daughters, the famous Dionne Quintuplets. The story soon develops into a media frenzy. Radio personality Helena Reid arrives on the scene. Oliva and the other children leave in order to save the quints from ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1913: Battle of the Long Sault: Frank Crane: Frank Crane: Short drama: Made with the Kanehnawaga First Nations [1]: 1914: Evangeline
The first Canadian sound feature film; made with U.S. financing. [2] Damaged Lives: Edgar G. Ulmer: Diane Sinclair, Lyman Williams: Drama: Made with U.S. financing 1935: Lest We Forget: Frank Badgley, W.W. Murray: Short: Made by the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, the precursor to the National Film Board of Canada. [3] Rhapsody in ...
May 28 - Dionne quintuplets, first quintuplets known to survive their infancy; June 7 - David Strangway, Canadian geophysicist and academic (d. 2016) June 16 - Roger Neilson, ice hockey coach (d. 2003) June 22 Willie Adams, politician and senator; Nathan Nurgitz, lawyer, judge, and senator (d. 2019) June 24 - Jean-Pierre Ferland, singer ...
In The Country Doctor (1936), a movie starring the quints, Jean Hersholt portrayed Dr. John Luke, a character based on Dafoe, and there were two sequels: Reunion (1936) and Five of a Kind (1938). When Dafoe blocked the idea of continuing the series, Hersholt created Dr. Christian , which had a long run on radio.