Full House (1952) Movie Overview

The Clarion Call Jean Negulesco The Last Leaf Howard Hawks O. Henry’s Full House (1952) is an anthology film made by 20th Century Fox, consisting of five separate stories by O. Henry. The film was produced by André Hakim and directed by five separate directors from five separate screenplays. The music score was composed by Alfred Newman. The film is narrated by author John Steinbeck, who made a rare on-camera appearance to introduce each story. Directed by Henry Koster, from a screenplay by Lamar Trotti, it stars Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe and David Wayne. Directed by Henry Hathaway, from a screenplay by Richard L. Breen, it stars Dale Robertson and Richard Widmark. Directed by Jean Negulesco, from a screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, it stars Anne Baxter, Jean Peters and Gregory Ratoff. Source

• Full House Movie Details
• Tagline: A dozen top stars – five famed directors bring you the best stories of O. Henry!
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 117 min | West Germany:95 min (cut version)
• Genre: Drama

• Cast Overview
• Fred Allen as Sam 'Slick' Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
• Anne Baxter as Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
• Jeanne Crain as Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
• Farley Granger as Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
• Charles Laughton as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
• Oscar Levant as Bill Peoria (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

Full House Movie Overview – Yahoo Movies

O. Henry s Full House (1952): Howard Hawks and Henry Hathaway direct in this film adaptation of five separate O. Henry short stories. As warm, witty, and moving as their literary equivalents, the segments of O. HENRY'S FULL HOUSE include The Cop and the Anthem, The Clarion Call, The Last Leaf, The Gift of the Magi, and The Ransom of Red Chief. Source

Full House Movie Review from New York Times

This anthology film assembles five respected directors and a top-notch cast to bring a handful of stories by the great American author O. Henry to the screen. In The Cop and the Anthem, a tramp named Soapy (Charles Laughton) tries to get arrested so that he can spend the winter in jail, only to find that is not as easy as it used to be. Marilyn Mon… Source

Full House Movie Details from Imdb

Five O’ Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critic’s acclaim was “The Cop and the Anthem”. Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can’t even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are “The Clarion Call”, “The Last L… Source

Full House (1952) from YouTube