Mother Wore Tights

• Movies
• 1947-08-20
• EN
• Released
• 2h 47m
• US
• Music - Drama

• 5.3
• 9

Production

20th Century Fox

Tagline

In our family dad wore the pants but . . . Mother Wore Tights

Storyline

In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.