one of warner brother best and high gross film during the thirty be this charming family drama about a widower who live with his maiden sister raise four daughter . but not four every day type daughter . all of them have be train by their musician father on instrument and one a a singer . they do make some beautiful music together even if it be for the long haired set . you can watch the infinite variety of role that claude rain play over the year and still marvel a he show you yet another aspect of his creative personality . the opportunistic vichy captain in casablanca be as different a the scientist go mad in the invisible man and a the patient and wise job in mr. skeffington . all the same man and all so incredibly different . here he raise the four girl with love season with a little grouchiness at their willingness to accept modern music . the lane sister and gale page may know beethoven and but theyre hep cat as well and can beat daddy eight to the bar every time . and if rain get a bit too testy than aunt may robson can put him in his place . with four daughter unmarried at the time you know that go to change . all the sister develop romantic interest in dick foran and frank mchugh and jeffrey lynn and and john garfield . of course the mating process do get a bit complicated and one of the sister suffer a tragedy and but it do promise to work out a the film end . four daughter be also know a the debut film of john garfield . other than a tiny bit part in footlight parade year earlier and garfield have no other film role . but he would be acclaim on the new york stage for his performance in golden boy and warner brother sign him and find the perfect film debut role a the cynical musician who just can not quite get a decent break in life . it earn him a best supporting actor nomination in 1938 and but he lose to walter brennan for kentucky . this film be so popular that it practically spawn a small cottage industry for jack warner . sequel with cast member like daughter courageous and four mother and four wife all clean up at the box office before world war ii . and warner brother remake it with frank sinatra and doris day play the part that john garfield and priscilla lane originate . now those two make some beautiful music . still a timeless mold be create in four daughter and the film hold up 70 year after it be first see .