Yours, Mine And Ours (1968)

A widow (Lucille Ball) with eight children meets a widower and Naval officer (Henry Fonda) with ten children. Love happens! Very loosely based on the true story of Frank and Helen Beardsley (also the inspiration for the TV sitcom THE BRADY BUNCH), the film rearranges the facts to accommodate a more traditional family friendly comedy. In other words, fiction is more interesting than the truth. It's a rather dull affair really though Ball has several scenes that allow her to show off her talents as a physical comedienne. Her drunk scene at the dinner table is priceless! With 18 scene stealing kids and Lucille Ball in full swing, Fonda has to show a little more life than usual if he doesn't want to get lost in the proceedings. Directed by Melville Shavelson (HOUSEBOAT). With Van Johnson, Louise Troy (very funny as a nymphomaniac caught in the crossfire between Ball and Fonda), Tom Bosley, Tim Matheson, Morgan Brittany, Eve Bruce and the terrible child actor Eric Shea (THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE).