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Best Actress Comedy or Musical | 1969 | Lucille
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 1969
Best Written American Comedy | 1969 | Melville
Male Comedy Performance | 1968 | Henry
After purchasing the rights to the book the film was based on, Lucille Ball became very close to the Beardsley's and even went as far as to treat the whole family to a vacation at Disneyland.
Tim Matheson and Jennifer Leak (who played the eldest children) married the year the film was released.
Helen and Frank met a little differently than in the movie. In her book, "Who Gets The Drumstick?"after Helen moved to San Francisco, she wanted to honor her dead husband's wishes by enrolling her children in parochial school. She finally found a school run by a nun, Mother Superior Sister Mary Eleanor. As she was enrolling her children in the school, Helen told Sister Mary that she was a widow with eight children. Sister Mary then confided to Helen that she has a brother with ten children who recently lost his wife to complications from diabetes. Helen asked Sister for Frank Beardsley's address and she sent Frank a copy of a prayer that she clipped out which gave comfort on dealing with a loss of a spouse. Encouraged by her brother and sister, Helen went on a batch of unsuccessful blind dates. When a friend's husband died, Helen wanted to send her a copy of the prayer that she sent Frank. She wrote to Frank asking for a copy of the prayer. Frank sent it back and a correspondence immediately began between Helen and Frank which finally led to another blind date. This time sparks flew between them.
The wedding invitation used in the movie is the actual wedding invitation designed by Frank Beardsley, husband of the real Helen Eileen Beardsley. The children's names are listed in their real-life birth order.
The real Helen and Frank Beardsley had two children following their marriage: Joe and Helen.
"Colleen North: [as Helen is leaving for the hospital, about to have a baby] I know this is a terrible time to talk about it, but Larry says... Frank Beardsley: I've got a message for Larry! You tell him *this* is what it's all about. This is the real happening. If you want to know what love really is, take a look around you. Helen North: What are you two talking about? Frank Beardsley: Take a good look at your mother. Helen North: Not now! Frank Beardsley: Yes, now. Frank Beardsley: [to Colleen] It's giving life that counts. Until you're ready for it, all the rest is just a big fraud. All the crazy haircuts in the world won't keep it turning. Life isn't a love-in - it's the dishes, and the orthodontist, and the shoe repairman, and... ground round instead of roast beef. And I'll tell you something else: It isn't going to a bed with a man that proves you're in love with him; it's getting up in the morning and facing the drab, miserable, wonderful everyday world with him that counts! [leaving the house, they say good-bye to the little kids] Frank Beardsley: I suppose having nineteen kids is carrying it a bit too far - but if we had it to do over, who would we skip? You? Helen North: [getting into the car] Thank you, Frank. I never quite knew how to explain it to her. Frank Beardsley: If we don't get you to the hospital fast, the rest of it's gonna be explained right here!"
"Frank Beardsley: [narrating] It was a typical wedding: enemies of the bride on the right, enemies of the groom on the left."
