Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.
Irene Dunne
Barbara Bel Geddes
Oskar Homolka
Philip Dorn
Cedric Hardwicke
Edgar Bergen
Rudy Vallee
Barbara O'Neil
Florence Bates
Ellen Corby
Hope Landin
Edith Evanson