story about a widowed father ( claude rain ) bring up his four daughter . emma ( gale page ) be love by big hunky ernest ( dick foran ) . thea ( lola lane ) be romance by an old but wealthy man . kay ( rosemary lane ) want to become a singer . ann ( priscilla lane ) be a romantic . drop dead handsome felix deitz ( jeffrey lynn ) and a business associate of their father and come to stay with them . all the sister fall in love with him . then tough cynical mickey ( john garfield ) enter the picture . very entertaining movie be a big hit and nominate for five academy award . it beautifully direct by michael curitz and have a pretty good ( if predictable ) script and a very attractive cast ( especially lynn ) . also this be john garfield first film and make him a star . this be so popular there be three or four sequel ( which i never saw ) . this be an engrossing and entertaining and big budget soap opera well worth see .