---
title: 'Mother Carey''s Chickens (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rowland V. Lee'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mother-careys-chickens-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030464/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)

1938 · 82 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Mother Carey's Chickens is a 1938 American drama film starring Anne Shirley and Ruby Keeler. The film was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based upon a 1917 play by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Rachel Crothers, which in turn was adapted from Wiggin's Mother Carey's Chickens.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rowland V. Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/rowland-v-lee)
- **Screenplay:** [S.K. Lauren](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-k-lauren)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb)
- **Producer:** [Pandro S. Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/pandro-s-berman)

## Cast

- [Ruby Keeler](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruby-keeler)
- [Donnie Dunagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/donnie-dunagan)
- [Harvey Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-clark)
- [Frank Albertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-albertson)
- [George Irving](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-irving)
- [Alma Kruger](https://cinepixo.com/people/alma-kruger)
- [Walter Brennan](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-brennan)
- [Anne Shirley](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-shirley)
- [Fay Bainter](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-bainter)
- [Margaret Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-hamilton)
- [Virginia Weidler](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-weidler)
- [Lucille Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucille-ward)
- [Ralph Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-morgan)
- [James Ellison](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-ellison)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mother-careys-chickens-1938
Film facts: Wikidata (Q6917314); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.