This is a classic ovie that I loved as a child, but as an adult, I just kept thinking....Lucille Ball was age 57 and Henry Fonda was 60 years old when it was made....tht puts Lucille Ball in her 50's when the youngest one was born....more like grandparents....but still a great movie
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Correction; the movie was filmed in the summer of 1967 when Lucy was 55, not yet 56. She turned 56 in August. Henry Fonda however was 62 years old when the movie was filmed.
The real Helen was 31 when she married the real 46 year old Frank.
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Yeah, and look how that ended.
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Diane,
No the baby isn't dead!!! The poster who made that comment seems to be saying that because of Sarah Palin's age, the baby is a Down's Syndrome baby. I say it ended well as the baby is very much alive and Sarah Palin probably knew while she was pregnant that her son had this syndrome. But, so what, she kept him and loves him and that is all that matters. I hope that suziqsuzi gets her butt in trouble for being this ignorant. Some people just can't keep their lips buttoned and think they know e erything tere is to know. But....suziqsuzi sure doesn't.
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Good post. It's also true that many people of prime childbearing age give birth to children who have Down's Syndrome. That's not a sole province of older parents. Both my parents were born to mothers (and fathers) who were in their 40s, and both have been healthier and longer-lived than the average bear.
God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
There was 66 year old women who had twins. http://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/0308201266-year-old-swiss-woma n-has-twins/
So why not?
They were made out to be about 15 years younger than they actually were: Fonda/ Frank late 40s and Lucy/ Helen about 40. Fonda was still fit and trim and passed easily; Lucy, let's say, benefited from the great work of the makeup department.
My parents were 45/40 and 48/43 when they had my youngest two siblings and both were perfectly healthy.
Though they were both good in their roles, I do feel they were too old. Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine would have been just right for the parts.
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