The book "Who Gets the Drumstick" by Helen North Beardsley is the inspiration for the movie "Yours, Mine and Ours". While I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, I am so glad that I read the book because it presents a much better picture of what life was like for the Beardsley family and of the serious thought and prayer that Helen and Frank put into making the decision to marry and raise their /5(43). · aaaa. Borrow Listen. Download for print-disabled. 1. Who gets the drumstick?: the story of the Beardsley family. , Bantam Books. in English. zzzz. Not in Library. Who Gets the Drumstick?: a Story of a Widow and Widower Who Met Fell in Love Married and Lived Happily Ever After. Beardsley, Helen. Published by Random House, Seller: North Coast Trading Post, Petaluma, CA, U.S.A.
Helen Eileen Beardsley (née Brandmeir, formerly North; April 5, - Ap) was the mother of a noted blended family of twenty children — eight by her first marriage to Richard North, ten stepchildren from her second husband Frank Beardsley, and two that she and Frank had during their marriage. She wrote a book, Who Gets the Drumstick?, about her blended family's experiences. *Lucille Ball, the iconic comedienne of "I Love Lucy" fame, became enamoured with the story after reading newspaper articles and Helen North Beardsley's own book, "Who Gets The Drumstick?" and the wheels began turning at Desilu Studios in Hollywood. The cast of the movie also included Van Johnson, Tom Bosley and child actor Tim Matheson. Helen Beardsley writes in Who Gets the Drumstick? that her own sister and brother-in-law played this role. Frank Beardsley never told his own story in print, and Helen provides very little description of his homelife before he married her; there is no mention of Frank's home not being exactly " shipshape ", or his not being able to keep a.
The marriage of Helen North to Frank Beardsley – combining Helen’s eight children with Beardsley’s 10, and then two more to come – was the inspiration for the hit movie Yours, Mine and Ours, starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda. who Gets the Drumstick Helen Beardsley? The Story of the Beardsley Family Hardcover – The Story of the Beardsley Family - Helen Beardsley - Google Books. Who Gets the Drumstick?: The Story of the Beardsley Family. Helen Beardsley. Random House, - Beardsley family - pages. 0. "Who Gets the Drumstick?" was the inspiration for the widely known movie starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda, "Yours, Mine, and Ours." Although the movie is well done and merits watching, the book is written by the real-life mother of the children Beardsley family, Helen, and is even more enjoyable.
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