Melville Shavelson

When Navy officer Frank Beardsley meets nurse Helen North, there's an undeniable attraction although both are apprehensive about any potential romantic involvement, having recently lost their spouses, leaving them responsible for raising ten and eight children respectively.

"Anne and "Poppy" Rose are the average American family, with three quirky kids. Anne has a good heart and gives lost cats and dogs a home - and one day also the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once. At first Poppy is worried and wants to get rid of her, but with love and patience they finally manage to integrate her into the family. Just then Anne invites another orphan, the aggressive handicapped Jimmy-John, to their...

Shows Cary Grant as a government attorney, living in a houseboat, widowed and left with three unruly kids. He hires Sophia Loren as a governess and ends up falling in love with her.