My Six Loves

1963 film by Gower Champion

April 3, 1963 (1963-04-03)

Running time

101 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$2,185,000 (US/ Canada)^[1]

My Six Loves is a 1963 comedy film in Technicolor starring Debbie Reynolds as a Broadway star who takes a vacation and finds herself responsible for six abandoned children, in Gower Champion's directorial debut. It is based on the novel of the same name by Peter Funk.

Plot

Janice Courtney is a big success on Broadway, but the busy actress collapses from exhaustion. A doctor orders her to return to her Connecticut home for a long rest.

In a shack on her property, Janice discovers six children and a large dog, abandoned and living on their own. Taking them in, Janice takes care of the kids with the help of housekeeper Ethel and a local minister, Jim Larkin. Being a mother appeals to her, but when producer Marty Bliss persuades her to resume her career, Janice returns to New York to begin a new play.

Meanwhile Janice is falling in love with the local minister, Rev, Jim Larkin.

Everything changes when one of the children (Sonny) is placed in a hospital but runs away. Jim tries to contact Janice but cannot get through Marty's reception as they have been told to ignore his calls. Eventually he storms in, in person. A frantic Janice leaves the play, and when the child is finally found, realizes that this is the life she wants, which she intends to share with Jim. Little Sonny, who has never previously spoken, confirms all with Jim's favourite term: "absolutely".