Christmas-Reviewer Review Date 1/16/2018PLEASE BEWARE OF SOME REVIEWERS THAT ONLY HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW. WHEN ITS A POSITIVE THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION. NOW I HAVE NO AGENDA! I REVIEW MOVIES & SPECIALS AS A WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN! I HAVE DISCOVERED MANY GEMS IN MY QUEST TO SEE AS MANY " C H R I S T M A S " MOVIES AS I CAN. Now Someone keeps reporting my reviews. I guess they are jealous because I do tell the truth. I want to point out that I never make snide remarks about actors weight or real life sexual orientation. If there acting is terrible or limited "I talk about that". If a story is bad "I will mention that" So why am I being "picked on"? IMDB? When one of my reviews gets deleted IMDB will not even tell me what someone found offensive. Well on to this review.I have never herd of this film it was part of 4 DVD pack of what Warner Brothers Stated as "Four Holiday Classic Films".This film starts off as a pioneer story. Two Newly Weds making a home in America without a dime to their name. Before long they have 6 children. The mother names all of the children after her brothers and sisters.The last 30 minutes of this film sends this into a different direction. The 6 children are now to be separated after the death of their parents. The oldest child seeks homes before the state takes them away. If they do that he might never see any of them again!This film was very slow. The last 30 minutes is very heartbreaking! The makers of this film should have made the main about a boy seeking a home for his siblings. Instead we get an hour of a pioneers!

jbrown26 I remember this movie as a child in 4th grade. It was the first time that I had ever experience real emotions watching a film. Like a lot of the viewers here I saw the movie at school. As I look back now it makes me grin. I remember when the lights came on everyone was crying, that including the school teachers. I've seen the film only once more since way back then "1962" and it still had the same effect.I would highly recommend this film to everyone who enjoys a good family type movie. In the beginning I thought that the movie might be about life in a forest and the creatures that they might encounter, or someone being lost. I never expected anything happening to either of the parents. I've seen many many movies in my life, I own over 3500 films and I have never seen a movie that moved me as much as this one. It's one of the best tear jerking movies that I have ever ever seen. Parents should watch it with their kids.

theleatherwoods The acting was good. I thought Cameron Mitchell and Glynis Johns worked well together. I got caught up in the delightful nuances of a family doing the best they could during this time in Wisconsin. The setting was simple, but the theme was heart-rending. It reminds me that we on this planet can be one family. In dire straits, we should help and learn from each other. I was riveted to the set as I watched the drama unfold. We take for granted our present state of medicine. Long ago, there were no cures for these diseases. Times are tough now, but they were tougher then. I recommend this movie as one that demonstrates the bonds between siblings.

richardcates I first saw this movie in 1958 by accident. We had gone to an "arts" theater to see another film and were not aware of its being a double feature. AMTG was shown first. Immediately at the close of the film the theater lights went up and nobody was getting up or doing much of anything: mostly looking at their shoelaces or whatever would keep them (us) from making eye contact. I actually heard some sobs. To this day when I attempt to tell someone about "the saddest movie ever made" I choke up at the end. That was the only time I've ever seen the movie and I so much want to share it with someone before I die. It was a beautiful, wondrously poignant experience and I will carry it in my heart forever. Surely they will release it on DVD someday.